The Future of Music is Accessible
On International Day of People with Disability, Morwenna Collett explores the ways access and inclusion are gaining increased attention in the Australian music industry.
December 3, 2020
Victorian Opera celebrates 15 years with Indigenous creation opera
Deborah Cheetham’s Parrwang Lifts the Sky is one of four new works in the pipeline.
October 6, 2020
Victorian Opera launches an online children’s book
The company has adapted an opera it staged for babies and toddlers earlier this year into an interactive digital book called Baby Bilby Sings.
July 23, 2020
Victorian Opera presents new triple bill
Three chamber operas based on Flaubert short stories will receive their world premieres this weekend.
June 26, 2020
New opera miniseries explores life in lockdown
Opera-Bytes is Victorian Opera’s latest digital offering from its youth chorus ensemble, VOYCE.
June 18, 2020
Victorian Opera announces cast for The Who’s Tommy
Mat Verevis will star as Tommy in the musical based on legendary British rock band The Who’s 1969 concept album.
March 16, 2020
Review: Salome (Victorian Opera)
Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė triumphs in this musically and visually exciting season opener.
February 24, 2020
Nominees for the Green Room Awards announced
Melbourne’s annual awards ceremony for the performing arts takes stock of 2019’s best and brightest.
February 18, 2020
Review: Celebrating Richard Mills (Melbourne Recital Centre, Victorian Opera, Orchestra Victoria.)
A birthday feast celebrating the breadth and depth of a great career.
December 16, 2019
Review: The Barber of Seville (Victorian Opera)
A generous helping of quality Rossini just in time for Christmas.
December 16, 2019
Richard Mills: Be true to your own vision
Ahead of his 70th birthday bash, Victorian Opera’s Artistic Director tells Angus McPherson about honing his skills in the percussion section, the best (and worst) conductors, and the pleasures of opera.
December 5, 2019
Read the December 2019 issue of Limelight Magazine online
The standout CDs of 2019 plus music for your Christmas stockings, Bran Nue Dae at 30, David Williamson's final curtain call, and we interview Richard Mills.
December 2, 2019
Victorian Opera announces its 2020 season
Salome and Die Tote Stadt should satisfy opera lovers and gore aficionados, while Tommy does the rest.
September 3, 2019