The November 2017 issue of Limelight Magazine is your ultimate 2018 Season Preview. Use our comprehensive guide of orchestral, chamber, opera & vocal, dance, theatre, musicals, galleries and festival events to plan your 2018 cultural calendar.
November 1, 2017
Pinchgut Opera’s AD has just cut his first solo disc. The in-demand harpsichordist talks about the joys of Handel and musical theatre.
August 21, 2017
In a season of ‘H’s’, Erin Helyard returns to his beloved Handel and finally gets to host some Johann Adolph Hasse.
August 2, 2017
Visceral Vivaldi brought vividly to life by Sydney’s very finest.
July 7, 2017
A complex interweaving of plots and realities – with fantastic music.
June 16, 2017
Without André Grétry (1741-1813) there wouldn’t be opera as we know it. The first French composer to successfully marry French and Italian styles in the Classical period, Grétry’s melodic and dramatic gifts coupled with a strong desire to push opera to its limits ensured his lasting fame. First performed at Versailles in 1778 before Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, L’Amant Jaloux, ou Les Fausses Apparences (The Jealous Lover, or False Appearances) was an immediate success. The setting is Cadiz, Spain. The rich Don Lopez (baritone David Greco) forbids his widowed daughter Léonore (soprano Celeste Lazarenko) to marry again. But she is in love with the eponymous jealous lover, Don Alonze (tenor Ed Lyon), who has a sister Isabelle (soprano Alexandra Oomens), who is Léonore’s friend and the beloved of French officer Florival (tenor Andrew Goodwin). Without giving too much away, much mayhem ensues before the happy ending. Erin Helyard directs cast and orchestra – both of which are uniformly excellent – from the keyboard with great attention to detail yet with a sure grasp of forward momentum. We also get snippets of English dialogue which must have made live performances from which this recording was made an… Continue reading Get…
June 9, 2017
Always inventive, Rameau’s love of pushing the limits of convention won him both ardent admirers and die-hard detractors.
May 22, 2017
The October 2016 awards see a few of the companies who lost their four-year funding making some headway. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 10, 2017
The Australian mezzo is finishing off her year with Pinchgut Opera’s latest show and SwanSongs Perth. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
December 2, 2016
Inspired musical values and post-Trump passions let down by awkward staging.
November 30, 2016
In his first year as sole Artistic Director, Erin Helyard offers Rameau and Monteverdi with an Aussie premiere for good measure. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 16, 2016
★★★★☆ Star turns (and zombies) help Haydn’s musical sorceress cast her spell. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
June 25, 2016