Alexander Lewis: Opera Australia’s triple threat
Romancing Danielle de Niese or tapping out Kosky’s Shostakovich, meet the tenor who ‘nose’ no bounds.
December 19, 2017
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: Farinelli and the King (Belasco Theatre, Broadway)
Iestyn Davies and Mark Rylance make a compelling case for music therapy.
December 18, 2017
Review: Christmas Piano Music (Peter Froundjian)
An unusual yuletide gift from one of Santa’s nimble-fingered helpers.
December 9, 2017
Review: Cleopatra (Regula Mühlemann)
Mühlemann’s operatic barge is indeed made of burnished gold.
December 5, 2017
Steven Osborne shares his ‘impressions’ of Claude Debussy
Pianist Steven Osborne discusses his Debussy disc on Hyperion, Limelight's Recording of the Month in December.
December 4, 2017
Review: The Parisian Woman (Hudson Theatre, Broadway)
Engaging political shenanigans, but not a patch on Francis and Claire.
December 1, 2017
Asher Fisch revels in spending a Spanish hour with Ravel
The maestro, and WASO Principal Conductor, celebrates the joys of French and putting sex on stage.
November 28, 2017
Steven Isserlis on revisiting the Haydn Cello Concertos
The cellist, whose recording is Limelight's Orchestral Recording of the Year, explains why he returned to the concertos after 27 years.
November 24, 2017
Review: Girls of the Golden West (San Francisco Opera)
John Adams’ new opera proves there’s gold in them thar girls.
November 23, 2017
Paul Lewis on programming three musical musketeers
From the sublime to the ridiculous, the British pianist describes the challenges of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms.
November 23, 2017
The full Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea
The opera may be 375 years old, but with its sex, murder and lust for power it feels as contemporary as the latest HBO hit.
November 22, 2017
Oliver Heath on the evolution of Bartók’s quartets
The Heath Quartet's double CD of Bartók’s complete string quartets has won Limelight's Recording of the Year 2017.
November 22, 2017
Review: Ravel: L’Heure Espagnole (Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Asher Fisch)
Asher Fisch's German band tells a saucy tale with a Frenchman's opera set in Spain.
November 21, 2017