Review: Das Rheingold (Opera Australia)
Chen Shi-Zheng’s finely crafted Ring Cycle heralds a return to Neue Bayreuth, but with a human touch.
A Prague-trained scenographer, Jansson J. Antmann designed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tell Me On a Sunday in Sydney and the Czech Republic. A regular guest on ABC Overnights and Editor of LaVie in Europe, he was the publicist at Darlinghurst Theatre Company and acting Deputy Editor at Limelight, where he is a regular contributor.
Chen Shi-Zheng’s finely crafted Ring Cycle heralds a return to Neue Bayreuth, but with a human touch.
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
The stars align, literally and figuratively, as Simone Young’s four-year Ring Cycle lifts off to a rapturous ovation.
Beginning as a tribute to sculptor Alexander Calder, this Olivier Award-winning opera becomes a brilliant meditation on human folly.
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Associate Director Nhlanhla Mahlangu and composer Kyle Shepherd discuss William Kentridge’s Olivier Award-winning Waiting for the Sibyl ahead of its Australian premiere.
Flagging spoilers, Elise Esther Hearst opens up about A Very Jewish Christmas Carol.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
On the eve of Opera Australia’s ‘Digital Ring ’, we examine Wagner’s timeless epic.
Ahead of his upcoming tour with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, violinist Joshua Bell discusses the meaning of music in our lives.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
More is less in this study of how the lived queer experience is represented in opera.