Review: Lucia di Lammermoor (Melbourne Opera)
The little company that could feeds Melbourne’s hungry opera lovers with an engaging new production of Donizetti’s bel canto classic.
The little company that could feeds Melbourne’s hungry opera lovers with an engaging new production of Donizetti’s bel canto classic.
Patti LuPone, Roderick Williams, Christos Tsiolkas, Benjamin Millepied ... stars from various firmaments are out in force in Limelight's June issue.
Christophe Rousset explains how a 21-year-old Parisian girl rose and fell.
"He’s hardly the greatest guy around," says Tahu Rhodes, but any chance to play Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca is to be relished.
The Frenchiest of operettas springs to life with oodles of Ooh la la!
French violinist Matthieu Arama steps into the role left vacant after the less-than-amicable departure of Jun Yi Ma in 2022.
A perfect night at the opera opens OQ's inaugural Brisbane Bel Canto festival, giving soprano Jessica Pratt a production of Lucia to call her own.
The centenary of Puccini's death gives creatives the chance to reflect on what makes his operas so special and explore new ways to stage them.
Opera Queensland is on a mission to take opera as far afield as possible and change the way it’s perceived.
Berlioz’s employer’s daughter turns out to be a first-rate composer.
A Frenchwoman’s resurrected Faust is Recording of the Month alongside an opera-fest that includes Kaufmann’s Parsifal. Smetana, Stravinsky, Debussy and Rózsa also feature.
The “merry month” in the northern hemisphere, May is a “busy month” here in Australia. The upcoming edition of Limelight is proof of it.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.