Melbourne Symphony Orchestra announces its 2020 season
A multi-maestro line-up features seven new works by Australian composers and a Beethoven project to address climate change.
August 7, 2019
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
Pinchgut Opera to present Australian premiere of Charpentier’s Médée
The 2020 season also includes Handel's Rinaldo plus concerts of Charpentier, Purcell, Monteverdi and Gabrieli.
August 2, 2019
Review: Moulin Rouge! (Global Creatures, Broadway)
As a musical, Baz Luhrmann's classic looks a surefire hit. Grab a ticket while you can can can!
July 26, 2019
Did you hear about Saint-Saëns’ life-long trouble with women?
Caught between wife and mother, the composer’s danse became macabre indeed.
July 26, 2019
Leonard Weiss wins award to study with Marin Alsop
The Canberra rising star conductor will continue his musical journey at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore.
July 25, 2019
This royal throne of kings
It may be 66 years since a British monarch has been crowned, but that’s not stopping Paul McCreesh. The Gabrieli Consort director discusses the last four coronations and how he’s recreated a fantasy version out of the best bits of each.
July 24, 2019
Stewart Goodyear on cooking up a tasty musical stew
The Canadian pianist and composer tells us about his new recording with Chineke! which features his own compositions alongside Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
July 18, 2019
Daniel Hyde: The new pair of hands sculpting the sound of King’s
Ahead of its Musica Viva tour, the new King's College Choir director talks about filling sizeable shoes.
July 10, 2019
Review: George Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Benjamin’s anticipated Written on Skin follow-up proves no anti-climax.
July 8, 2019
Did you hear about Richard Wagner’s stark-naked fire fight?
An addiction to spas and a quest for a good bowel movement nearly proved his undoing.
July 4, 2019
Review: Verdi: Stiffelio (Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra/Guillermo García Calvo)
Born again Verdi: an underrated opera has something to say today.
July 1, 2019
Nico Muhly: Different Strokes
With three commissions for three very different Aussie groups, Nico Muhly’s focus is very much Down Under in 2019. Clive Paget caught up with the prolific composer in his Manhattan studio.
June 24, 2019
Kirill Gerstein on scaling Busoni’s musical mountain
The Russian-American pianist tells us about recording the Busoni Piano Concerto, Limelight's Recording of the Month in June.
June 19, 2019