Kristian Fredrikson Scholarship winner announced
Theatre and opera designer Charles Davis heads to Europe to participate in workshops and creative labs.
April 29, 2024
“It needs to be more than a building” – Carriageworks revival project commences
After a five-month review of its operations, the struggling Carriageworks makes a bid to regain its place on the cultural map.
March 28, 2024
Season Preview 2024: Opera and Dance
What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?
December 22, 2023
The Australian String Quartet unveils 2024 season
A bold 2024 for the Australian String Quartet with national tours, festival appearances, huge collaborations and new recordings on offer.
November 22, 2023
On Stage: the events you need to see in October 2023
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
September 25, 2023
Composing Women: A glass ceiling finally broken?
It’s time to move beyond “special programs” and one-off celebrations for female composers, argues Liza Lim.
March 8, 2023
Review: Antarctica (Sydney Chamber Opera, Asko|Schönberg, Sydney Festival)
Mary Finsterer's heart-stoppingly beautiful new opera is endlessly absorbing, sonically and visually.
January 6, 2023
Frozen Music: inspired by the vast, icy landscape of Antarctica
Mary Finsterer takes us on a journey through time and space in her new opera Antarctica.
January 3, 2023
Forget familiarity
Fascinated by complex musical ideas, Jack Symonds never wants to make work that resembles anything else – whether he’s programming it or writing it himself.
December 23, 2022
On Stage: the events you need to see in January and February 2023
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
December 23, 2022
Review: Awakening Shadow (Sydney Chamber Opera)
Despite exquisite vocal and musical performances, this staging of Benjamin Britten's Canticles is less than the sum of its otherwise beautiful parts, landing somewhere between performance art and oratorio.
October 3, 2022
On Stage: the events you need to see in October 2022
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
September 19, 2022
Review: Antarctica (Sydney Chamber Opera, Asko|Schönberg Ensemble)
The world premiere of this new Australian opera – a work that prompts dread as well as wonder about humanity's relationship with the natural world – was an enormous triumph, artistically and logistically.
June 10, 2022