Met postpones lockout as talks go to the wire
Fat lady is given 72 hours grace before opera house’s threatened closure. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 1, 2014
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
Limelight to sponsor Art Music Awards as finalists announced
Finsterer, Dean, Hindson and Ford head the 2014 APRA AMCOS nominations.
July 31, 2014
Steven Osborne explores 20 ways to look at love
The renowned Scottish pianist discusses Messiaen’s monumental Vingt Regards.
July 31, 2014
Review: Mayakovsky (Sydney Chamber Opera)
New Australian opera celebrates revolutionary Russian poet in style.
July 29, 2014
Barrie Kosky to be first Aussie to direct at Bayreuth
Berlin-based Australian original will direct a new Meistersinger in 2017. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 28, 2014
Carlo Bergonzi has died
The great Verdi tenor passes on two weeks after his 90th birthday. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 26, 2014
Review: Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
McVicar’s ghoulish, gothic Don triumphs despite the odd vocal let-down. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 26, 2014
Review: Melbourne Symphony’s Mahler Cycle Begins
A most auspicious start to Sir Andrew Davis’s anticipated Mahler project. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 25, 2014
Review: Into the Woods (Victorian Opera)
Fine Melbourne cast make the most of Sondheim's fractured fairy-tales.
July 24, 2014
Metropolitan Opera threatened with lockout next week
Orchestra and unions accuse Peter Gelb of long-planned cynical strategy. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 23, 2014
Judith Weir: By Royal Appointment
Respected composer becomes first female Master of the Queen’s Music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 23, 2014
Review: King’s College, Cambridge Choir (Musica Viva)
Stephen Cleobury sorts the men from the boys in glorious harmony.
July 22, 2014
Three Glasses Full: Staging the Trilogy
A look at Philip Glass’s epic Portrait Trilogy; the minimalist’s answer to the Ring Cycle.
July 21, 2014