After living in the UK for two decades, Helena Dix is back. And now there's "no more sitting like a puppy dog at an opera casting director’s door . . ."

Director Neil Armfield tells Steve Dow why his production of Cinderella for State Opera South Australia will have a 1970s twist.

Our top 10 opera reviews chart an operatic landscape where bold new works jostle with reimagined classics for audience attention.

What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?

What musicals are on offer in 2026?

Limelight published hundreds of live music, theatre, dance and opera reviews this year. But what were the critiques that really clicked with our readers?

Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's December 2025 magazine.

Limelight closes out the year in grand style, with stories of creativity and resilience lighting up our December issue.

Pulling out all the stops, State Opera South Australia’s Artistic Director Dane Lam talks about the company’s Golden Jubilee.

Tymms, who made her Opera Australia debut earlier this year in Cendrillon, “absolutely thrilled and deeply grateful” to receive the prize.

Limelight closes out the year in grand style, with stories of creativity and resilience lighting up our December issue.

A season to celebrate the company's heritage also "dares to imagine the future" of opera in Australia, says SOSA's Artistic Director Dane Lam.