This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

Music of ravishing beauty from the 16th and 17th centuries polished to a glow in this exquisite Pinchgut Opera showcase.

Henry Purcell’s pocket opera Dido and Aeneas is a work ripe for reconstruction.

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

Lucy Clements has been a prime mover of new Australian work. How does she approach a Purcell masterpiece over 300 years old?

Theatre and opera designer Charles Davis heads to Europe to participate in workshops and creative labs.

Many 18th century composers worked in conditions antithetical to creativity, writes Sally Melhuish. Some triumphed regardless.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Singer and harpsichordist Liam Green to join Pinchgut's specialist program for continuo players.

In-concert operas are sometimes regarded as the poor relation of their fully staged cousins. But can less be more?

Baroque is back at the Sydney Opera House in the form of Handel's pungent tale of religious intolerance and sacrifice in a polarised society.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.