Virtuoso player Anoushka Shankar reflects on her relationship with the sitar ahead of her Sydney Festival concerts.

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

The inventive director discusses staging Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro on board a ship for Sydney Festival.

Recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey has no problem performing solo. But for her, the single player recital is often the least creative option.

The inaugural three-day Summerground festival axed as cost-of-living pressures put the bite on live music.

Black, genderqueer and fiercely talented, Nellie Small was a trailblazing star in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Today, she’s barely remembered.

With a cabaret season about to open at the Sydney Festival, Victoria Falconer relives her journey from electronic organ to musical saw.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Spectacular dance from Brazil, a Puccini opera staged on a lightship and a mini-festival of engagements with JS Bach among the highlights of SF 2024.

Sydney Festival has announced the comedy-musical Bananaland will play at Parramatta Riverside Theatres from 3 January.

The choice of venue and music alone tells you that Circa is aiming for something far more lofty than the oohs and ahs of the big top.

"I love a ridiculous undertaking," says Artistic Director Eamon Flack of Belvoir's 10-play campaign for 2024.