Review: Goodbye, Lindita (Adelaide Festival)
A marvel of stagecraft, Mario Banushi’s semi-autobiographical meditation on grief is as poetic as it is horrific.
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.
A marvel of stagecraft, Mario Banushi’s semi-autobiographical meditation on grief is as poetic as it is horrific.
Anne Cawrse and Kate Llewellyn’s song cycle is a transcendent work, its world premiere hopefully the first of many more performances to come.
Exquisite singing and a feeling of déjà vu mark the return of Mozart’s seminal opera after a 30-year absence.
Ahead of an Adelaide Festival performance of their two song cycles, Nigel Westlake and Lior talk about their collaborative process and what comes first: the words or music.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
A busy schedule sees him spend much of his time in Poland and Italy, but conductor Daniel Smith is busy promoting Australian musicians far and wide.
Constantine Costi’s outdoor staging of Puccini’s thriller looks beyond the Grand-Guinol and gives its heroine a fresh makeover.
There’s a confidence and assurance at play in the programming by Australian arts organisations for 2024.
What do our festivals have on offer in the year ahead?
Barrie Kosky brings his production of The Threepenny Opera to the Adelaide Festival. He talks about creating it with the Berliner Ensemble.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
A six-star finale to Chen Shi-Zheng’s five-star Ring Cycle sticks to the script and proves all the world loves a good bedtime story.
The third opera in Wagner’s tetralogy throws up plenty of challenges, but Chen Shi-Zheng tackles them boldly and triumphs.