2025 International Opera Awards announced
Mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa receives Lifetime Achievement Award; American artists and organisations enjoy strong showing.
Jason joined the Limelight team in early 2023 as Digital Editor. He has served as Arts Editor of Sydney City Hub, editor of AUSTAR magazine, an online producer at Fairfax, and has reviewed theatre for The Sun-Herald (2006-2009), The Sydney Morning Herald (2009-2017), The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia. He was co-founder/co-editor of the audreyjournal platform from 2017–22 and Publications Manager for the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
Mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa receives Lifetime Achievement Award; American artists and organisations enjoy strong showing.
Six-month trial shows group singing and music therapy can lower stress hormones and improve mood in aged-care residents with dementia.
Scaled up for big rooms, Sarah Goodes’ production reveals the operatic peaks and precipices of Edward Albee's masterpiece.
Composers Anne Dudley, Anoushka Shankar and Debbie Wiseman among those recognised in the UK's high-profile, peer-judged awards.
Melbourne Theatre Company streamlines leadership structure to navigate “an increasingly dynamic and complex operating environment”.
Limelight closes out the year in grand style, with stories of creativity and resilience lighting up our December issue.
Drawing on a deep reservoir of sadness and anger, So Young is a finely tuned study in discomfort.
New Goldberg Variations film with Erin Helyard launches an expanded and free-to-access Pinchgut at Home platform.
"This symphony is a mountain," says conductor Stanley Dodds. "But when young players climb it, they discover what they’re capable of.”
The globetrotting Peruvian tenor says he loves the recital stage above all else: "You take more risks, you can communicate in a direct way."
From Symphony under the Stars to a roller derby, Sydney Festival’s 2026 program blends celebration and renewal to build “a playground of imagination”.
"Coriole has always been about more than music,” says incoming Artistic Director Kate Suthers. "It’s about conversation, about sharing ideas and experiences."
A two-year partnership aims to embed inclusive policies, training and leadership practices across the national ballet company.