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Classical Music, Instrumental
Live Review

Review: Timeless: A Journey in Persian Classical Music (Utzon Music, Sydney Opera House)

Three Australian-Iranian musicians and two Persian classical music stars from Tehran deliver a hypnotic concert spanning centuries.

September 30, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: La bohème (Opera Australia)

A fine cast of Puccini interpreters animate this nostalgic farewell to Gale Edwards’ Weimar-era production.

August 24, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: James O’Donnell: The Royal Organist (Sydney Opera House Presents)

The Westminster Abbey Emeritus Organist is both playful and reverent in this joyous showcase of the instrument’s versatility.

July 30, 2025
Classical Music, News
news

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra announces Australian dates

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra announces 2026 Australasian tour with a program of contemporary Chinese works and Russian masterpieces.

July 21, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong (Sydney Opera House, GMG Productions & Stoddart Entertainment Group)

Comedy of the most tightly choreographed kind, with every gesture, facial expression and flair of the nostrils delivered to tight cues and at a fierce pace.

June 25, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Nils Frahm (Sydney Opera House)

The German pianist and composer is a marvel of live electronic performance.

March 8, 2025
Classical Music
features

Hong Kong String Orchestra: A cultural bridge

Ahead of HKSO's Australian debut tour, conductor-violinist Jue Yao talks to Limelight about Hong Kong's unique musical culture.

January 20, 2025
Festivals, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Rufus Wainwright (Sydney Festival)

The trademark sideburns are salt and pepper these days, but Rufus Wainwright's voice and flair for drama remain as pure and powerful as ever.

January 10, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern (Showpath Entertainment & Sydney Opera House)

Outside of sporting arenas, it’s not often you find yourself part of a crowd so invested in the action.

December 20, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Hyphae

Kirsten Milenko hopes the delicate musical branches in her new work for Ensemble Offspring will grow and resonate, much like the forest networks that inspired them.

October 21, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Five Questions for Liao Changyong

The Chinese baritone and President of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music discusses his forthcoming Australian recitals featuring Chinese art songs.

October 21, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: La Clique (Sydney Opera House Presents & David Bates)

La Clique may be 20 years old, but this anniversary edition, featuring new acts and old favourites, is as outrageously entertaining as ever.

October 12, 2024
Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral
features

Playing Up: The Piano with Nobuyuki Tsujii

Blind from birth, Nobuyuki Tsujii began playing his toy piano when he was two, and he has lost none of the joy he felt as a child.

September 23, 2024

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