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Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Simone Young and pianist Cédric Tiberghien's French connection works its magic on a balmy summer night.

February 17, 2023
Classical Music, Film
features

Knowing the Score: The Young One in her prime

"It is what I burn for, it is what I breathe." A new documentary, Knowing the Score, brings the audience up to date with conductor Simone Young.

February 10, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Mahler’s First Symphony (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra inaugurated its 2023 season and covered itself in glory, revelling in the Concert Hall’s enhanced acoustics.

February 9, 2023
Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Woven Song (Short Black Opera, Sydney Festival)

Inspired by a collection of magnificent tapestries, Deborah Cheetham's Woven Song benefits from the first-hand communication of its composer.

January 26, 2023
Classical Music, Film, Orchestral
features

TÁR: fantasy or stark reality for women conductors?

The whole world is talking about TÁR. It’s time for Australian orchestras to join the conversation on gender, the canon and conducting.

January 26, 2023
Stage
news

Limelight’s most-read reviews of 2022

Limelight's hard-working team published over 750 reviews in 2022. But what were the critiques that really clicked with our readers?

December 30, 2022
Dance, Opera
features

Season Preview 2023: Opera and Dance

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

December 23, 2022
Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

Season Preview 2023: Orchestras and Choirs

What do our orchestras and choirs have on offer in the year ahead?

December 23, 2022
Film, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre
features

Newsworthy: January and February 2023

A round-up of our recent news reports.

December 23, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Holst’s The Planets & Britten (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

SSO signs off a momentous season with a boldly British blast from the past, along with a new work by Australian composer Paul Stanhope.

December 12, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Sydney Symphony Orchestra appoints new CEO

Craig Whitehead, who has been working as interim CEO at SSO, will now step into the role permanently.

December 2, 2022
Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera
Live Review

Review: Simone Young Conducts Beethoven’s Fidelio (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Superb performances by two last-minute jump-ins, their fellow cast members, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the SSO under Simone Young make the most of Beethoven’s troubled piece.

November 25, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Have Talent, Will Travel

Siobhan Stagg’s career is skyrocketing. The Australian soprano speaks with us about how she ended up in Berlin, and why her focus is now on the bigger picture.

November 21, 2022

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