With a hard border closure now in place in Queensland, Opera Australia has been forced to postpone its new Brisbane Ring Cycle for the second year running due to COVID.

Fiona Allan arrives at OA later this year with her eyes wide open, having dealt with similar challenges at the Birmingham Hippodrome due to COVID restrictions.

Sydney-born Fiona Allan will return to Australia to take up the position of Opera Australia CEO after working in the UK since 2004.

The worsening COVID situation in the eastern states has led to more cancellations this week, with events cancelled or postponed across NSW, Victoria and Queensland.

In this month's column, Greg Eldridge calls for companies to be more transparent about production budgets and for critics to report them, especially given the expense of COVID safety requirements in the theatre.

Following the postponement of Phantom, Opera Australia has been allocated $4 million from the Federal Government's COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

As OA postpones Phantom, Lyndon Terracini says that the company needs government help and compares the current situation to the Great Depression.

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the OA Sydney winter season, and the Bangalow Music Festival are among the numerous cancellations as COVID restrictions remain in place in NSW and Victoria.

The stimulus package will provide much-needed support for performing arts organisations who have lost income as a result of Sydney's current COVID lockdown.

Damiano Michieletto's new Tales of Hoffmann for Opera Australia is to be postponed to a future season due to the NSW Government’s extended stay-at-home orders in Sydney.

Musicians and singers, who were rehearsing OA’s Otello, are now in self-isolation after a construction worker at Sydney Opera House tested positive for COVID-19.