Waking the Dead
What is it like to rediscover a centuries-old work by Mozart? We talk to an academic who exhumed a forgotten 12-minute serenade and a musician who recorded it.
December 20, 2024
Clive Paget
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Articles by Clive Paget
Review: Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas (The Hallé, Kahchun Wong)
Hallé’s new broom sweeps the cobwebs from Britten’s ballet.
December 20, 2024
On the Record: January/February 2025
Essential holiday listening includes a Britten rarity, stunning recordings of Elgar and Tippett, a pair of oddball operas, and three outstanding discs of orchestral music by women.
December 20, 2024
On Stage: the events you need to see in January/February 2025
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
December 20, 2024
Review: Americascapes 2: American Opus (Basque National Orchestra, Robert Treviño)
Treviño backs three more winners in his second American odyssey.
December 9, 2024
Review: Camille Erlanger: La sorcière (Andreea Soare, Jean-François Borras, Orchestre et Choeur de la Haute école de musique de Genève, Guillaume Tourniaire)
Tourniaire rescues a fin-de-siècle opera and its composer from obscurity.
December 4, 2024
Good Tidings
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Clive Paget recommends eight of the best new albums featuring festive music.
November 25, 2024
The 2024 Limelight Recording of the Year
Competition was fierce but independent labels swept the board.
November 25, 2024
On Stage: the events you need to see in December 2024
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
November 25, 2024
Review: Donizetti: Songs Volume 1 & 2 (Lawrence Brownlee, Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi)
Rizzi and Co reveal several other sides of a bel canto master.
November 20, 2024
Juanjo Mena: An advocate for Spain’s most neglected composer
Roberto Gerhard fled Franco. These colourful ballet scores show what the country lost.
November 15, 2024
Review: Janáček: The Excursions of Mr. Brouček (Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Jaroslav Kyzlink)
Janáček’s drunken landlord finally gets his just desserts.
November 12, 2024
Review: Illuminate (Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra)
New ARCO release does what it says on the can.
October 23, 2024