Another rediscovered gem from the man who taught Donizetti.

Arriving in Australia this month, British clarinettist Michael Collins chats about his fast-paced career and surviving two terrible setbacks.

This month features a double helping of Ravel, contemporary music by two leading Brits, the latest from the Takács Quartet and Benjamin Grosvenor, plus a Ponchielli rarity.

Martineau dishes up the finest survey of Ravel song to date.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Ponchielli’s pre-Gioconda hit given a fair suck of the sauce bottle. 

An Italian-Australian pianist finds the fantasy in Bach’s Toccatas.

As Patricia Kopatchinskaja returns to tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, she explains why art needs “all your strangeness”.

The second opera in Barrie Kosky’s Ring Cycle is darkly dramatic, suggesting the Earth has burned. Catch it at cinemas here.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

This month features three homegrown blockbusters, two new takes on Ravel, women’s-eye views of Venetian Baroque, a haunting Faerie Bride and a Flying Dutchman for the library.

Opposites attract as Davidsen and Finley headline a magnificent new Dutchman.