November 27, 2020
Supported by 
Review: New Breed 2020 (Sydney Dance Company)
Four very different works by Jesse Scales, Chloe Leong, Joel Bray and Raghav Handa make for an absorbing evening.
November 27, 2020
Classical Music
Australia Council for the Arts announces new fund
The new Re-imagine: sector recovery initiatives fund, which acknowledges the “significant forces of change and evolution facing the cultural and creative industries”, is supported by the Sidney Myer Fund.
November 27, 2020
Theatre
Review: The Wharf Revue – Good Night and Good Luck (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Riverside Theatres)
The final Wharf Revue under the STC banner is a night of frivolity and fast costume changes, where all that is puffed up in politics is satisfyingly pricked.
November 27, 2020
Chamber, Classical Music
Lockdown Legends finalists announced
Musica Viva has revealed the six student groups who will compete in the initiative introduced for groups unable to participate in Strike a Chord due to COVID-19.
November 27, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
Joyce DiDonato on the joys of scheming as you sing
The American mezzo on the team spirit behind a new recording and a role to get her teeth into.
November 26, 2020
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
Victorian Opera announces its 2021 season
Next year will see the long-awaited return of Richard Meale’s Voss, as well as four world premieres by Australian composers.
November 26, 2020
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
State Opera South Australia announces Voss for 2021
The news of a staged concert of Voss in September follows the announcement earlier this month of two performances of Carousel in March.
November 23, 2020
Classical Music
Winners of Limelight Recording of the Year 2020 revealed
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson’s intriguing coupling of Debussy and Rameau sweeps the board.
November 27, 2020
Review: The Wharf Revue – Good Night and Good Luck (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Riverside Theatres)
The final Wharf Revue under the STC banner is a night of frivolity and fast costume changes, where all that is puffed up in politics is satisfyingly pricked.
November 27, 2020
Supported by
Review: New Breed 2020 (Sydney Dance Company)
Four very different works by Jesse Scales, Chloe Leong, Joel Bray and Raghav Handa make for an absorbing evening.
November 23, 2020
Review: Beethoven’s Emperor (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
A monumental and memorable musical climax, in defiance of the seven long months of silence.
November 23, 2020
Supported by
Review: Inguz (Ensemble Offspring)
Live new music returns with a bang after long lay-off.
November 23, 2020
Review: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
The program may have been unsurprising but the compelling concert kept the audience on the edge of their seats.
November 27, 2020
Australia Council for the Arts announces new fund
The new Re-imagine: sector recovery initiatives fund, which acknowledges the “significant forces of change and evolution facing the cultural and creative industries”, is supported by the Sidney Myer Fund.
November 27, 2020
Lockdown Legends finalists announced
Musica Viva has revealed the six student groups who will compete in the initiative introduced for groups unable to participate in Strike a Chord due to COVID-19.
November 27, 2020
Joyce DiDonato on the joys of scheming as you sing
The American mezzo on the team spirit behind a new recording and a role to get her teeth into.
November 26, 2020
Victorian Opera announces its 2021 season
Next year will see the long-awaited return of Richard Meale’s Voss, as well as four world premieres by Australian composers.
November 26, 2020
Richard Tognetti and Erin Helyard win Best Classical Album
Oud virtuoso and composer Joseph Tawadros’ took out the award for Best World Music Album in the 2020 ARIA Awards.
November 27, 2020
Joyce DiDonato on the joys of scheming as you sing
The American mezzo on the team spirit behind a new recording and a role to get her teeth into.
November 26, 2020
Victorian Opera announces its 2021 season
Next year will see the long-awaited return of Richard Meale’s Voss, as well as four world premieres by Australian composers.
November 26, 2020
State Opera South Australia announces Voss for 2021
The news of a staged concert of Voss in September follows the announcement earlier this month of two performances of Carousel in March.
November 24, 2020
West Australian Opera announces its 2021 season
The season includes the world premiere of the first opera performed in Noongar language, a new musical theatre work by Tim Finn performed in English and Tahitian, and a Figaro double.
November 23, 2020
Review: Love Opera (Freshwater Pictures)
Lisa Gasteen and a cast of young singers offer unprecedented insight into the world of opera in this must-see documentary film.
November 27, 2020
Review: The Wharf Revue – Good Night and Good Luck (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Riverside Theatres)
The final Wharf Revue under the STC banner is a night of frivolity and fast costume changes, where all that is puffed up in politics is satisfyingly pricked.
November 23, 2020
2020 Creative Partnerships Awards announced
Adelaide Festival Co-Artistic Directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield have been honoured with the Arts Leadership Award.
November 23, 2020
The December 2020 issue of Limelight is now available
The new-look Limelight magazine includes major features written by Mahima Macchione, Jane Albert, Carole M. Cusack and Alex Ross.
November 23, 2020
My Brilliant Adaptation: the art of bringing new life to literature on stage
Leading playwrights and directors talk about how to honour the original book, while breathing new life into it for the theatre.
November 23, 2020
On Stage in December: Classical Music, Opera & Theatre
Find out what's on stage and streaming online in December from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.
November 27, 2020
Supported by
Review: New Breed 2020 (Sydney Dance Company)
Four very different works by Jesse Scales, Chloe Leong, Joel Bray and Raghav Handa make for an absorbing evening.
November 24, 2020
Joel Bray and dancers flock to New Breed
Known for his solo works, the Melbourne dance maker is creating a new piece for Sydney Dance Company inspired by the murmuration of birds, to music by Brenda Gifford.
November 20, 2020
Review: GALA (West Australian Ballet)
The company outshone itself in recreating 11 captivating vignettes.
November 18, 2020
Sydney Dance Company announces its 2021 season
Originally scheduled for 2020, Impermanence, created to a new score by Bryce Dessner, will premiere, while the acclaimed ab [intra] will return.
November 18, 2020
Perth Festival announces its 2021 program
The entirely WA program takes the river as its theme and includes a range of new work, with a strong Noongar component.
November 23, 2020
The December 2020 issue of Limelight is now available
The new-look Limelight magazine includes major features written by Mahima Macchione, Jane Albert, Carole M. Cusack and Alex Ross.
November 23, 2020
A Single Voice
Susan Philipsz’s mesmerising installation, showing at the NGV Triennial, uses a violinist on screen and a series of speakers to “visualise the sound”.
November 19, 2020
Dreambox Collective offers up a Nightlight in dark times
Dreambox Collective's Chloe Chung and Carlo Antonioli takes us behind the scenes of their new multimedia project that combines music, poetry and visual art.
November 11, 2020
What to look out for in the December 2020 Limelight
Read our features on religion, music and immortality, a Brazilian opera festival where everything is free, adapting literature for the theatre, as well as an extract from Alex Ross’s new book Wagnerism.
October 30, 2020
The Agenda on Communicating the Arts
The international communications agency is presenting a two-day conference at the AGNSW for people working in communications and fundraising in the performing and visual arts.
November 23, 2020
Review: Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies
A stunning and overdue set of Franz Schmidt’s symphonies.
November 16, 2020
Review: Care pupille (Samuel Mariño)
Male soprano Mariño is in luck with Gluck and Handel.
November 15, 2020
Review: Weinberg: Wir gratulieren!, Op. 111 (Live)
Plenty of laughs and action in Weinberg’s Russian Jewish kitchen drama.
November 14, 2020
Review: Amici e Rivali (Michael Spyres, Lawrence Brownlee)
Tenorial champions square up for thrilling bouts of vocal sparring.
November 13, 2020
Review: Selige Stunde (Jonas Kaufmann)
Seasoned old mates take us to their Lieder for a blissful hour.
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