December 10, 2018
Review: Muse (Alicia Crossley, Acacia Quartet)
With no fewer than five world premieres, Alicia Crossley and the Acacia Quartet invite the audience into a world of musical story-telling.
December 10, 2018
Bryn Terfel to return to Australia in 2019
The bass-baritone will give recitals featuring his favourite opera arias and musical numbers.
December 10, 2018
Review: Ksenija Sidorova (Utzon Music Series)
Ksenija Sidorova serves up a sizzling accordion feast from Bach to Piazzolla with Schnittke to follow.
December 10, 2018
Expressions Dance Company announces new Artistic Director
Amy Hollingsworth will take up the position in January, with plans to increase collaborative opportunities, and expand EDC’s educational work.
December 10, 2018
Review: Revolution by Decibel (Tura New Music)
Celebrating the vinyl record from the Velvet Underground to Cat Hope.
December 9, 2018
Review: Vivica Genaux in Concert (Pinchgut Opera)
The American mezzo delivered a Baroque rockstar performance, but the Orchestra of the Antipodes was no mere backing band.
December 8, 2018
Review: Carols at the House (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
Inventive arrangements of traditional carols and Christmas songs, and a luscious new work by Australia's Luke Byrne.
December 8, 2018
Dictating terms: The rise of Paulo Szot aka Juan Perón
The Brazilian baritone on being Mr Evita, Tony Awards and the importance of good coffee.
December 10, 2018
Review: Muse (Alicia Crossley, Acacia Quartet)
With no fewer than five world premieres, Alicia Crossley and the Acacia Quartet invite the audience into a world of musical story-telling.
December 10, 2018
Review: Ksenija Sidorova (Utzon Music Series)
Ksenija Sidorova serves up a sizzling accordion feast from Bach to Piazzolla with Schnittke to follow.
December 10, 2018
Review: Revolution by Decibel (Tura New Music)
Celebrating the vinyl record from the Velvet Underground to Cat Hope.
December 9, 2018
Review: Vivica Genaux in Concert (Pinchgut Opera)
The American mezzo delivered a Baroque rockstar performance, but the Orchestra of the Antipodes was no mere backing band.
December 8, 2018
Review: Carols at the House (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
Inventive arrangements of traditional carols and Christmas songs, and a luscious new work by Australia's Luke Byrne.
December 10, 2018
Review: Muse (Alicia Crossley, Acacia Quartet)
With no fewer than five world premieres, Alicia Crossley and the Acacia Quartet invite the audience into a world of musical story-telling.
December 10, 2018
Bryn Terfel to return to Australia in 2019
The bass-baritone will give recitals featuring his favourite opera arias and musical numbers.
December 10, 2018
Review: Ksenija Sidorova (Utzon Music Series)
Ksenija Sidorova serves up a sizzling accordion feast from Bach to Piazzolla with Schnittke to follow.
December 10, 2018
Review: Revolution by Decibel (Tura New Music)
Celebrating the vinyl record from the Velvet Underground to Cat Hope.
December 9, 2018
Review: Vivica Genaux in Concert (Pinchgut Opera)
The American mezzo delivered a Baroque rockstar performance, but the Orchestra of the Antipodes was no mere backing band.
December 10, 2018
Bryn Terfel to return to Australia in 2019
The bass-baritone will give recitals featuring his favourite opera arias and musical numbers.
December 9, 2018
Review: Vivica Genaux in Concert (Pinchgut Opera)
The American mezzo delivered a Baroque rockstar performance, but the Orchestra of the Antipodes was no mere backing band.
December 8, 2018
Dictating terms: The rise of Paulo Szot aka Juan Perón
The Brazilian baritone on being Mr Evita, Tony Awards and the importance of good coffee.
December 7, 2018
Yvonne Minton at 80
The Australian mezzo-soprano turned 80 this week. Roger Neill looks back on her top-flight international career and stream of first-rate recordings.
December 4, 2018
Limelight’s top shows of 2018: Opera
With the year drawing to a close, we look back over the operas that wowed our critics in 2018.
December 6, 2018
Limelight’s Top Shows of 2018: Musical Theatre
With the year drawing to a close, we look back over the musical theatre shows that wowed our critics in 2018.
December 5, 2018
Limelight’s top shows of 2018: Theatre
With the year drawing to a close, we look back over the theatre that wowed our critics in 2018.
December 4, 2018
2018 Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights announced
Kendall Feaver, whose debut work The Almighty Sometimes received international accolades and critical acclaim, has been awarded a $15,300 commission for a new play.
December 3, 2018
Sydney Festival launches Disability Programming Initiative
The new initiative aims to increase the representation of artists with a disability or who are deaf, with applications now open for the 2020 Sydney Festival.
December 3, 2018
Read the December 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online
In the December 2018 edition of Limelight Magazine we pay tribute to Richard Gill's extraordinary life and legacy. Plus, the standout CDs of 2018.
December 10, 2018
Expressions Dance Company announces new Artistic Director
Amy Hollingsworth will take up the position in January, with plans to increase collaborative opportunities, and expand EDC’s educational work.
December 9, 2018
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The Russian composer Tchaikovsky wasn't all that keen to pen what has become one of his most popular, and most performed works.
December 7, 2018
Limelight’s top shows of 2018: Dance
We finish our round up of the shows that excited us most in 2018 with a look at dance.
December 7, 2018
The Nutcracker: A Really Plum Ballet
How Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker has become a magical Christmas tradition.
December 6, 2018
Review: Dubboo – life of a songman (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
A fabulous, two-part show that honours the life and legacy of David Page in all his various guises.
December 3, 2018
Escher X Nendo at the National Gallery of Victoria
The new exhibition at the NGV brings together Dutch prints, Japanese design, and Bach.
December 3, 2018
The Richard Gill edition of Limelight Magazine is on sale
In the December 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine we pay tribute to Richard Gill's extraordinary life and legacy, and our critics pick 2018's standout CDs.
December 3, 2018
Read the December 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online
In the December 2018 edition of Limelight Magazine we pay tribute to Richard Gill's extraordinary life and legacy. Plus, the standout CDs of 2018.
November 30, 2018
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Dr Nick Gordon looks at the financial complexities of the Venice Biennale.
November 19, 2018
Australia fast becoming a tourist destination for its arts
A new report has shown that international arts tourism has increased significantly, beating out wineries, casinos and sporting events.
December 4, 2018
Review: The Lost Music of Canterbury (Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe)
A Remarkable Journey: From Canterbury to Oxbridge via Boston with Blue Heron.
November 26, 2018
Review: Owain Park (The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton)
Masterworks of a rising star sung by a masterly choir.
November 26, 2018
Review: Hommage à Vivaldi (Vivica Genaux)
Pyrotechnics from baroque’s most passionate mezzo-soprano.
November 26, 2018
Review: Reicha Rediscovered Volume 2 (Ivan Ilić)
Ilić uncovers Reicha’s romantic answer to the Well-Tempered Clavier.
November 26, 2018
Review: Women (Sofya Melikyan)
Female composers shine in the hands of an Armenian pianist.
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