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.

We look at opera's love affair with wine, the Australian Chamber Orchestra's new project River, and Virginia Gay's emergence as a playwright. We also salute Paul Goodchild, doyen of Australian brass.

Known for his visionary, striking productions, Damiano Michieletto returns to Opera Australia with a new take on Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, which starts with Hoffmann as an old man in a bar, then travels through different episodes in his life.

Australian mezzo-soprano Sian Sharp discusses Opera Australia's Great Opera Hits concert series and her forthcoming role debuts.

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

Despite making redundancies last year, Opera Australia has posted a sizeable deficit. "It doesn't look pretty," says CEO Rory Jeffes, but he believes OA is now better placed to deal with further disruptions.

The musical performer discusses playing the Phantom in the West End and now for Opera Australia, as well as panic attacks and the power of meditation.