November 19, 2019
Chamber, Chamber, Classical Music
Utzon Music announces its 2020 season
The Sydney Opera House’s chamber series will span Estonian song to music from across Africa and James Ehnes’ Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle next year.
November 19, 2019
Theatre
Hayden Tee, to a tee
The musical theatre star tells us about his new album, his new cabaret show, which he performs in Sydney next month, and the tiny "shed" he is renovating in New Zealand.
November 18, 2019
Classical Music, Orchestral, Orchestral
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra smashes Australian Content count
The orchestra has jumped to the top of Ian Whitney’s annual analysis of Australian music advertised in the season brochures of the Major Performing Arts funded orchestras.
November 18, 2019
Theatre
Review: First Love is the Revolution (Griffin Theatre Company)
A decidedly unusual inter-species love story makes for a beguiling, probing rom-com.
November 16, 2019
Classical Music
Review: Alexandra Flood and Alex Raineri (Opera Queensland)
Intimate song recital of old and new-ish favourites proves a winner.
November 18, 2019
Classical Music
A dream come true
With its final concert of the year marking the third anniversary of the Bach Akademie Australia, founder and violinist Madeleine Easton reflects on its inception.
November 15, 2019
Classical Music
Primephonic invites you to enjoy a musical mystery tour with Richard Bonynge
Sign up for three months gratis and listen to all things Bonynge on Limelight's latest curated playlist.
October 24, 2019
Classical Music
Who will be Limelight’s 2019 Artists of the Year? You Decide
Voting is now open for the People’s Choice Awards in this year’s Australian and International Artists of the Year Awards.
November 18, 2019
Review: First Love is the Revolution (Griffin Theatre Company)
A decidedly unusual inter-species love story makes for a beguiling, probing rom-com.
November 17, 2019
Review: School of Rock (Sydney)
Brent Hill and a terrific cast of children ensure that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, based on the film, is a real blast.
November 16, 2019
Review: Alexandra Flood and Alex Raineri (Opera Queensland)
Intimate song recital of old and new-ish favourites proves a winner.
November 16, 2019
Review: Flight Memory (The Street Theatre)
A narrative song cycle about the Australian scientist who invented the Black Box Flight Recorder is thoroughly captivating.
November 16, 2019
Review: Madama Butterfly (State Opera South Australia)
Tearing at the heartstrings, this stunning, sensitive production is the perfect ticket for opera novice and specialist alike.
November 19, 2019
Review: Puccini: Le Willis
Sir Mark Elder’s first-thoughts Puccini may well give you the willis.
November 19, 2019
Utzon Music announces its 2020 season
The Sydney Opera House’s chamber series will span Estonian song to music from across Africa and James Ehnes’ Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle next year.
November 19, 2019
Opera Queensland offers augmented reality Mozart
The company has teamed up with Google for a prototype app that sees singers perform The Magic Flute inside users' homes.
November 18, 2019
Review: Barber: Vanessa (London Philharmonic, Jakub Hrůša)
Overthought at times, but Barber’s forgotten gem shows much promise.
November 18, 2019
Review: Weber: Euryanthe (Joan Sutherland, BBC SO/Fritz Stiedry)
One of the young Sutherland’s early hits rises from the vaults.
November 16, 2019
Review: Madama Butterfly (State Opera South Australia)
Tearing at the heartstrings, this stunning, sensitive production is the perfect ticket for opera novice and specialist alike.
November 15, 2019
How Many Rhodes Must a Man Walk Down?
New Zealand bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes tells Angus McPherson about the “lucky break” that took him from accounting to international opera stardom, why he’s loving the roles he’s getting in his 50s, and why sometimes it’s OK to be booed.
November 11, 2019
Review: The Mikado (State Opera South Australia)
A successful, very funny production set in a colourful Japan, referred to by director Stuart Maunder as "Hello Kitty on steroids", that does away with G & S's japonaiserie.
November 7, 2019
Review: Bryn Terfel in Concert (Opera Australia)
The Welsh superstar demonstrates both artistry and a sense of play in latest Australian outing.
October 31, 2019
Perth Festival announces its 2020 season
Opening with a week dedicated to First Nations performances, Iain Grandage’s first program as Artistic Director spans a Noongar language adaptation of Macbeth to Cloudstreet, Philip Glass with puppets, and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel in the park.
November 19, 2019
Hayden Tee, to a tee
The musical theatre star tells us about his new album, his new cabaret show, which he performs in Sydney next month, and the tiny "shed" he is renovating in New Zealand.
November 18, 2019
Review: First Love is the Revolution (Griffin Theatre Company)
A decidedly unusual inter-species love story makes for a beguiling, probing rom-com.
November 17, 2019
Review: School of Rock (Sydney)
Brent Hill and a terrific cast of children ensure that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, based on the film, is a real blast.
November 15, 2019
Thea Sholl on drumming the beat in School of Rock
The 12-year old multi-instrumentalist reached final call-backs to play bass, but ended up being cast as the drummer. She tells us about singing, composing and falling in love with musicals.
November 15, 2019
Review: H.M.S. Pinafore (Hayes Theatre Co)
Kate Gaul's gloriously camp, cross-gender production makes the G & S operetta feel fabulously fresh.
November 18, 2019
The Australian Ballet announces two new principal artists
Dimity Azoury and Benedicte Bemet have been promoted into the company’s highest ranks.
November 14, 2019
Review: Matrix (Expressions Dance Company & BeijingDance/LDTX)
A scintillating cross-cultural fusion to be supported and savoured.
November 14, 2019
The Tait Memorial Trust’s 2019 grants
Grants have been awarded to 24 musicians and ballet dancers from Australia and New Zealand to support their study in the UK.
November 11, 2019
Review: Bespoke (Queensland Ballet)
Queensland Ballet’s growth isn't just about numbers, it's determinedly multi-dimensional.
November 11, 2019
Fancy footwork from Ross ‘Rosco’ Philip
The one-time Sydney Dance Company performer, is now creating striking artworks made from ballet shoes.
November 6, 2019
Cornelia Parker: Explosive Art
A major retrospective by UK artist Cornelia Parker is coming to the Museum of Contemporary Art.
October 23, 2019
Stringybark to video
This year’s Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards exhibition is innovative and lively.
October 22, 2019
Art Gallery of NSW announces its 2020 program
The summer exhibition for next year will be a major, Sydney-exclusive Matisse exhibition from the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
September 10, 2019
Home, Suite Home
A new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney is unearthing the history of music making in the early colonial home.
August 26, 2019
New contemporary art gallery dedicated to women artists opens in Melbourne
Opening this week, its first exhibition showcases the work of artists like Cigdem Aydemir, Lisa Roet and Louise Paramor.
November 19, 2019
Review: Puccini: Le Willis
Sir Mark Elder’s first-thoughts Puccini may well give you the willis.
November 18, 2019
Review: Barber: Vanessa (London Philharmonic, Jakub Hrůša)
Overthought at times, but Barber’s forgotten gem shows much promise.
November 18, 2019
Review: Weber: Euryanthe (Joan Sutherland, BBC SO/Fritz Stiedry)
One of the young Sutherland’s early hits rises from the vaults.
November 18, 2019
Review: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Salzburg Festival/Carydis)
Hyperactive, if nostalgic Flute comes with a shock ending.
November 18, 2019
Review: David Stanhope: Dracula
Stanhope’s take on Vlad mixes a faux band with real singers.
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