The Opera Issue. Around the world in 80 operas: the ultimate travelogue for operaphiles.
The September 2015 issue of Limelight is available at retailers across Australia and digitally through Zinio.
The Opera Issue
Around the World in Eighty Operas
Opera. It’s a European thing – right? Wrong! In a whistle-stop global tour, Sarah Noble finds that more countries have embraced the art form than you might imagine. Eight opera stars advocate their own national treasures, as Sarah finds a wealth of operatic pleasures, and sometimes in the oddest of places.
What Kafumann Did Next
With Aida and a Puccini recital about to hit the shops, the German tenor talks about planning a career, what Wagner to tackle next, his passion for live recordings and when to avoid blueys.
An Australian in Bayreuth
John Wegner’s Wagnerian career took him all over the world before illness forces his untimely retirement. Meet the local boy who went on from extra chorus to conquer Bayreuth.
Mozart’s Other Operas
Mozart’s operatic reputation rests on a handful of masterworks. But the boy from Salzburg wrote 22 stage works, the first at the tender age of 11. Might we be missing a trick or two?
Reviews
Classical CD, DVD, book and live concert reviews, including Lawes’ “vile” (according to Burney) Royal extravagances made entirely ‘viol’ by Phantasm; Steven Isserlis rehabilitates Prokofiev’s first thoughts with some special pleading; A multi-tasking Dmitry Sinkovsky delivers perhaps the most cinematic Four Seasons ever; Howard Shelley’s latest pianistic volume of Mendelssohn throws up a few treasures; Paavo Järvi goes back to Soviet basics with Shostakovich’s controversial Stalinist cantatas; and Brett Dean’s operatic debut comes up fresh and ‘blissfully’ sparkling thanks to ABC Classics.
The Limelight Classical Chart
Exclusive to Limelight, this chart ranks the top 20 best-selling classical CDs and DVDs according to monthly sales figures drawn from Australia’s leading classical specialist stores. Unlike other charts, Limelight’s specially assembled list admits only pure classical releases.
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