Matthias Goerne on why the past is the way to find the future
The German baritone's epic journey has been as inexorable as Schubert's Winterreise itself.
December 16, 2015
The rise and rise of Carriageworks: 2016 season unveiled
An estimated 2 million people will attend events by 2021, smashing all previous records.
November 10, 2015
Review: Desdemona (Sydney Festival)
Peter Sellars and Toni Morrison offer a beautiful but melancholic vision of Shakespeare's tragic heroine.
October 26, 2015
Lieven Bertels goes out with a classical bang
Limelight's Editor chats to Sydney Festival's outgoing director as he celebrates their 40th with a raft of big-hitters.
October 20, 2015
Shakespeare’s word according to Desdemona
The song of a dying maid inspired Peter Sellars and Toni Morrison’s moving theatre piece.
October 6, 2015
Sydney Festival unveils 40th anniversary headline productions
Toni Morrison and Peter Sellars’ Desdemona and Tom Waits’ Woyzeck will be 2016 centrepieces.
August 6, 2015
Wesley Enoch leaves Queensland Theatre for Sydney Festival
Enoch will lead the festival from 2017, taking over from current Festival Director Lieven Bertels.
June 2, 2015
Review: On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (Sydney Festival)
Eighty-something shabby Frenchman in Chekhov still manages to seduce the crowd.
January 22, 2015
Review: Iva Bittová (Sydney Festival)
This skilled and inspired violin-playing songstress is betrayed by a mismatched venue.
January 22, 2015
Review: Bach & The Italian Style (Sydney Festival)
Bach’s triple-decker organ sonatas get a distinctly variable Italian outing.
January 21, 2015
Review: Variations on Béla Bartók (Sydney Festival)
An enthralling fusion of folk and classical, but perhaps in need of a trim.
January 20, 2015
Review: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Sydney Festival)
Alain Franco's herculean Bach marathon is a journey of breathtaking discovery.
January 19, 2015
Review: The Experiment (Sydney Festival)
A dark, dense and relentlessly bleak, yet pioneering musical monodrama.
January 16, 2015