This month’s news round-up includes the return of the arts, Opera Australia’s latest outdoor spectacle, Queensland Ballet’s new home on the Gold Coast, the triumph of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Tony Awards, and the winners at the 2021 Art Music Awards.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

We chart the latest appointments and departures in the arts sector, among them Anne Dunn who joins Sydney Theatre Company and Carl Crossin who leaves Adelaide Chamber Singers.

Affectionately known as ‘Tipi’, Timo Veikko-Valve is Principal Cello at the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He picked up the instrument to fill the family piano trio, and because a teacher once declared “he looks like a cellist”.

The pandemic has accelerated the move online, but is it financially viable?

Performing in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a return to a love affair, says the actor, whose parents surrounded her with music as a child. In return, she played music to them as they approached death.

From heart-breaking cancellations due to COVID to funding lifelines, from awards to obituaries, we gather the arts news we have covered over the last month.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

Fiona Allan arrives at OA later this year with her eyes wide open, having dealt with similar challenges at the Birmingham Hippodrome due to COVID restrictions.

In this month's column, Greg Eldridge calls for companies to be more transparent about production budgets and for critics to report them, especially given the expense of COVID safety requirements in the theatre.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Anna Melville, former Head of Programming at the ACO, discusses moving countries during a pandemic to take up a role at City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the challenges for arts programming.

Known for his visionary, striking productions, Damiano Michieletto returns to Opera Australia with a new take on Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, which starts with Hoffmann as an old man in a bar, then travels through different episodes in his life.

The new Director of Artistic Programming at the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and former ABC Classic and ABC Jazz Content Manager, reflects on how his musicologist father informed his curiosity, and admits to playing the cello, badly.

Ahead of a solo with the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, Brian Nixon explains why you will often see the timpanist with an ear close to the drum.

How the Australian Chamber Orchestra went with the flow for its latest film project.