Enlightened thinking in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, where an innovative new independent primary school, focussing on music and creativity, is slated to open in 2020.

It’s iconic now, but it nearly didn’t happen, and its construction took its toll on all involved. As the Sydney Opera House turns 45 in the centenary of its architect’s birth, CEO Louise Herron talks about the “restrained” celebrations planned during the current major upgrade, and we share an extract from a new book about the people behind the white sails.

In her new oboe concerto for Celia Craig and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Judith Weir looks at how 'the school oboe' shaped her career.

A 1955 Prince Igor joins a 2011 War Requiem in this month’s eclectic batch.

A round-up of this year’s boundary-challenging US Festival, staged in various venues including a rock club, a museum and a world heritage site.

The October 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine is now on sale featuring Daniel Barenboim, Karina Canellakis, Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, and much more.

Making her anticipated Victorian Opera debut as Debussy’s enigmatic heroine, high-flying soprano Siobhan Stagg relishes the challenge of unravelling her character’s many contradictions.

Orlando di Lasso’s final work, written days before the composer’s death, captures the look Jesus gave Saint Peter at his betrayal. Director Peter Sellars and conductor Jenny Wong tell us about a bold staging for the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

The British conductor talks to us about Mozart in London, Limelight's Recording of the Month in September.

Long fingers may not have been enough to equip the playwright for the life of a concert pianist, but thanks to the late Ken Tribe and a healthy dose of the ACO, he’s now a classical music true believer.

The Canadian baritone tells us about getting to grips with J Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams' Doctor Atomic, our Recording of the Month in October.

To commemorate the last Australian battle of World War One, six of our composers have contributed to The Diggers’ Requiem. What was unexpected, however, was a spiritual endorsement from Joan of Arc.