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The legendary performer will appear on stage with an old pal from the Sound of Music.
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Lyndon Terracini cuts back on key opera principals in order to accommodate another musical.
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Gotta love those musical mums. Celebrate Mother's Day in style with Sutherland, Domingo, Gigli and more.
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When it comes to the history of Australian sheet music, it seems no-one knows the score like the National Library.
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The gypsy is spellbinding but Bizet’s intimate tale lacks, well…intimacy in this operatic spectacular.
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Opera Australia scored a hit with last year's Traviata on the Harbour. This time it's the turn of Bizet's ultimate gypsy to try her luck.
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Sydney first and Tassie last in first ever blind-listening test of Australia’s orchestras.
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Arts community broadly welcomes National Cultural Policy initiatives – plus a stack of cash.
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A magnificent live production done justice on DVD.
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Opera Australia’s heavyweight champion talks Falstaff, fatsuits and fad diets.
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Jonathan Biggins and Phillip Scott’s irreverent update would surely have delighted Offenbach.
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Jonathon Biggins, Phillip Scott and Opera Australia give Orpheus in the Underworld a classy makeover.
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Craig Hassall, former head of English National Ballet, and Olympics guru, is set to return to Australia.
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Warwick Fyfe’s magnificent peformance for Opera Australia proves there’s nothing wrong with new wine in old bottles.
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Simon Phillips' production for Opera Australia gets a timely revival.
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Robert Wilson's grim, ghoulish production is Weill and Brecht's Weimar Germany like you've never seen it before.
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Sound is the only barrier to an excellent Rosenkavalier.
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Maybe not Caruso's 'dream team' but this revival of Verdi's blockbuster has its moments.
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Elke Neidhardt's production for Opera Australia gets a timely revival.
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Arguably the world’s finest orchestra, the Concertgebouw, is set to present concerts in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in November 2013.
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V for Verdi, V for Vendetta: in this dark take on dictatorship, terrorism and betrayal, everyone wears a mask.
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La Fura dels Baus' sinister new production makes conspiracies and regicide seem inevitable.
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The February 2013 issue of Limelight explores the singer's early years and rise to stardom.
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From secretary to superstar: the new issue charts Joan's early years and her inspiring rise to fame.
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The dutchman has given Sydney Festival an injection of classical music. But can he still break even at the box office?
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Emma Ayres launches ABC Classic's album of sensual French music for the National Gallery's blockbuster exhibition.
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Ahead of his Australian debut, the pianist opens up about injury, depression and why jazz musos "shame" their classical colleagues.
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Tony Abbott as Darth Vader: just one of this year's spoofs in STC's great political satire.
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On their Australian tour, these young choristers are finding the power behind their pure voices.
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Universal Music launches Sydney nightclub concert series with suave tenor Noah Stewart.
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The Condon music roll archive captures the playing of more than 700 pianists including Debussy and Gershwin.
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Two young Australian talents share in the $50,000 prize.
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QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
Friday, August 24
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Are outstanding Aussie maestros being overlooked in favour of glitzier international stars?
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The winner of the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition recounts his journey, round by gruelling round.
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This island paradise doesn't shy away from tough themes.
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Four of the six finalists photographed in rehearsals for their Stage IV chamber round.
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None of the five Australian candidates have progressed to the last stage of the Sydney International Piano Competition.
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Time in Motion, an exhibition opening June 9 at Melbourne's Arts Centre, traces the history of The Australian Ballet in photographs, designs, costumes, set models, musical scores and archival footage.
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Limelight's exclusive photo-shoot at home with Australia's renegade violinist.
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Belgium ensemble Trio Dali are very serious about having fun with music.
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The American soprano joins Lang Lang, Alfie Boe and... Kylie Minogue in concert at Buckingham Palace.
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The Stanford-based ensemble tours Australia with oboist Diana Doherty.
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In the Penal Colony is a minimalist chamber opera taking on big, brave themes.
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The legendary homegrown composer tells Limelight what he has in common with George Clooney.
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The 36 competitors have been chosen following a gruelling round of international auditions.
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On International Women's Day, a new book celebrates Australian music's unsung heroines.
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Four British rhapsodies for lost worlds.
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Feb 27, 2012
An inspirational figure in dance lured out of retirement for a new leadership role.
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The conductor of England's greatest Baroque choir explains why they'd be lynched if they performed Allegri's Miserere as it was written.
