November 14, 2018
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera Australia)
An imperfect realisation of Wagner’s comedy, but the music making more than compensates.
November 14, 2018
Timothy Sexton pleads not guilty to child sex offences
The former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of State Opera of South Australia has pleaded not guilty to four charges relating to alleged offences between 1988 and 1991.
November 14, 2018
Cat Hope to give Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address
The composer and Head of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music will examine gender equality and empowerment in the 2018 address.
November 14, 2018
Review: Momentum (Omega Ensemble)
Omega’s gumboots are made for dancing.
November 14, 2018
Richard Mills on the Double
The Australian composer's new double violin concerto for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra sits back to back with Bach.
November 13, 2018
Review: Prokofiev Five (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
A concert all the more interesting for its elements of surprise.
November 13, 2018
Guy Noble’s Soapbox: A case of ‘No, Prime Minister’
The repercussions of the leadership spill will last years, but at least Turnbull isn’t staying, like Gollum wanting his Precious back.
November 13, 2018
Jonathan Grieves-Smith: The Tenderness of Silent Minds
Jonathan Grieves-Smith and the Hamer Singers remember the victims of war and violence.
November 14, 2018
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera Australia)
An imperfect realisation of Wagner’s comedy, but the music making more than compensates.
November 14, 2018
Review: Momentum (Omega Ensemble)
Omega’s gumboots are made for dancing.
November 13, 2018
Review: Prokofiev Five (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
A concert all the more interesting for its elements of surprise.
November 13, 2018
Review: Timothy Constable (Serenata Series)
These Serenata concerts are not only a delight to experience but also represent an essential home-grown component of our soul.
November 12, 2018
Review: Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries 2018 (Gordon Frost)
Songs became heartfelt, sometimes humorous theatre in the hands of a masterful actor-singer, who gripped the audience in this intimate concert.
November 14, 2018
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera Australia)
An imperfect realisation of Wagner’s comedy, but the music making more than compensates.
November 14, 2018
Timothy Sexton pleads not guilty to child sex offences
The former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of State Opera of South Australia has pleaded not guilty to four charges relating to alleged offences between 1988 and 1991.
November 14, 2018
Cat Hope to give Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address
The composer and Head of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music will examine gender equality and empowerment in the 2018 address.
November 14, 2018
Review: Momentum (Omega Ensemble)
Omega’s gumboots are made for dancing.
November 14, 2018
Richard Mills on the Double
The Australian composer's new double violin concerto for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra sits back to back with Bach.
November 14, 2018
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera Australia)
An imperfect realisation of Wagner’s comedy, but the music making more than compensates.
November 14, 2018
Timothy Sexton pleads not guilty to child sex offences
The former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of State Opera of South Australia has pleaded not guilty to four charges relating to alleged offences between 1988 and 1991.
November 6, 2018
A Show of Hans: A History of Meistersinger Onstage
Richard Wagner’s comic masterpiece explores the nature of art. As Kasper Holten’s production for Opera Australia opens in Melbourne, we examine why it's become a controversial target of revisionism in recent decades.
November 5, 2018
Review: Lorelei (Victorian Opera)
This new commission gives an old story an entertaining makeover with style-hopping music, comedy and feminist attitude.
November 5, 2018
Opera Australia loses its second Hans Sachs
Shane Lowrencev has withdrawn from Meistersinger, leaving the company to find its third Hans a week out from opening.
November 13, 2018
Adelaide Festival Centre announces its 2019 program
Featuring two musicals, three festivals, a new dance work from Australian Dance Theatre and a Chinese New Year Concert with the ASO.
November 12, 2018
Review: Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries 2018 (Gordon Frost)
Songs became heartfelt, sometimes humorous theatre in the hands of a masterful actor-singer, who gripped the audience in this intimate concert.
November 10, 2018
Review: A Cheery Soul (Sydney Theatre Company)
Sarah Peirse is masterful as a Miss Docker we'll all recognise.
November 9, 2018
Review: Xenides (Black Swan State Theatre)
With a bit of trimming and a more energetic, full-voiced realisation of the songs and the text, this piece would shine.
November 8, 2018
Adena Jacobs to direct Titus Andronicus for Bell Shakespeare
It will be the first time Jacobs has worked for the company, and the first time that Bell has staged Titus.
November 13, 2018
Adelaide Festival Centre announces its 2019 program
Featuring two musicals, three festivals, a new dance work from Australian Dance Theatre and a Chinese New Year Concert with the ASO.
November 12, 2018
Review: Next Move 11 (Chunky Move)
New short works from two of Melbourne’s emerging contemporary choreographers.
November 9, 2018
Review: Don Quixote (Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company)
A distinctly Italian flair, combined with assured work by the principals, makes for a beautiful night of ballet.
November 2, 2018
Perth Festival announces its 2019 program
Two new Australian operas, an Estonian choir, the eight-hour theatrical tour-de-force Gatz and a host of "Made in WA" productions feature.
November 1, 2018
Read the November 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online
The November 2018 issue features Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Mandy Patinkin, Jan Vogler and Bill Murray, plus our 2019 Season Preview.
November 9, 2018
Carriagework’s Lisa Havilah appointed Chief Executive of MAAS
She assumes the role in January 2019, succeeding Dolla Merrillees.
November 1, 2018
Read the November 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online
The November 2018 issue features Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Mandy Patinkin, Jan Vogler and Bill Murray, plus our 2019 Season Preview.
November 1, 2018
Australia’s richest art prize awarded to newcomer
Melbourne artist Lynn Savery has won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for her self-portrait exploring gender norms.
October 18, 2018
20/20 at the National Portrait Gallery
Who needs candles on a cake when you can have portraits on a wall? The NPG unveils 20 new works of leading Australians for its birthday.
October 10, 2018
David Goldblatt: A telling lens on South Africa
A major retrospective of photographer David Goldblatt comes to the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
November 12, 2018
Review: Debussy…Et le Jazz (Quatuor Debussy and guests)
Jazz and classical fuse in new take on Claude’s preludes.
November 12, 2018
Review: Finzi (Watkins, Lortie, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Davis)
Watkins and Lortie help Finzi rake eloquently over Romantic embers.
November 12, 2018
Review: Schwartz • Broadstock: Orchestral works (Synchron Stage Orchestra Vienna, Bratislava SO/Kevin Purcell)
Broadstock matches Schwartz in this new side by side issue.
November 12, 2018
Review: Matthew Shlomowitz: Avant Muzak (Asamisimasa)
Shlomowitz turns the everyday into the weird and wonderful.
November 12, 2018
Review: Haydn • Schoenberg (Alisa Weilerstein, Trondheim Soloists)
Weilerstein’s Pentatone debut mixes both head and heart.
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