What’s happening on stage this month? We’ve put together a list of the most exciting events taking place in May 2021.

Vänskä's revelatory account lends unique conviction to Mahler’s final thoughts.

With Richard Tognetti and his players embracing change, Bach and the Beyond certainly feels like a taste of things to come.

Contemporary dance illuminates Classical opera in Cherkaoui’s fluid staging.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs celebrates the long road back to live performance.

Stellar singing and dynamic pit-work rescue muddled futurist staging.

Christian Thielemann offers pace and detail despite mixed bag of soloists.

Based in London, Brisbane-born conductor Dane Lam had a diary full of international concerts, then COVID struck. He and his fiancée decided to return home – and it’s turned out better than he ever dared hope.

The pianist tells Clive Paget about his new Liszt album, Limelight's Recording of the Month in April.

Sex-crazed nuns and a Swedish trombonist’s tribute to Wollongong headline a month of new takes with plenty of surprises.

As one of the busiest maestros on the planet, Russian-British conductor Vasily Petrenko lost umpteen engagements because of COVID. He talks to Clive Paget about how he has used the unexpected hiatus – from recording video interviews to growing tomatoes and a beard.

The recording is both vivid and natural, with the whole judiciously planned recital throwing new light on Stanford as song composer.