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.

From forest floor to lakeside revery, Gavin Higgins is essential listening.

The bass-baritone rediscovers a Brahms bestie and the songs that came before Red Sails in the Sunset.

An outstanding ensemble explores baroque sisters doin' it for themselves.

Composer Jonathan Dove talks to Clive Paget about his comic opera Flight, coming to Adelaide.

This month we feature a treasure trove of discoveries, from unknown Lieder and operatic rarities to the birth of the nocturne and another wonderful unearthed female composer.