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24.01.2022 Arts figures have joined the campaign to stop Monash University closing the school at the end of the year, while a proposed scrapping of musicology units at the The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music - Monash University has drawn international condemnation.

24.01.2022 Yorta Yorta soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham takes over from Matthew Hindson as curator of Canberra Symphony Orchestra's Australian Series at the National Portrait Gallery in 2021, with a season featuring four new commissions.

24.01.2022 Whether it’s the shiny pink-and-whiteness, the tiaras, the too-bright smiles, the evil magicians, the cheery villagers . . . there’s something naff about ballet, writes Jill Brown

24.01.2022 When Stephen Rae wanted to listen to The Eighth Wonder, he discovered there were no recordings available so he set about establishing a bespoke website, which features a complete, remastered, authorised rendition of the score, plus the libretto and much more. Kim Williams discusses the importance of the opera and why he recommends logging on. Subscribe to Limelight from $3 a month to read this feature and more online: https://subscribe.limelight-arts.com.au The website can be explored at theeighthwondertheopera.com

21.01.2022 Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair are exceptional in this new work at Sydney Theatre Company.

21.01.2022 David Hallberg and The Australian Ballet launch a program that includes three full-length ballets, two contemporary mixed bills, and a gala. #Ballet

21.01.2022 Musica Viva Australia 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.

20.01.2022 The Australia Council for the Arts' 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.

20.01.2022 Adelaide soprano Bethany Hill and pianist Penelope Cashman's To Music at Ukaria Cultural Centre was a delightful recital of art songs to restore the spirit and celebrate music as a life force.

20.01.2022 What concerts are you going to this month? Check out our recommendations or explore our free online calendar at https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/events/

19.01.2022 The Langham, Sydney is offering a new series of intimate recitals by leading musicians and performers, combined with high tea or a degustation dinner.

19.01.2022 Having won the Limelight Vocal Recording of the Year 2020 for their ravishing Hyperion Records album Fading, The Gesualdo Six's conductor explains what makes an award-winning program for an all-male sextet. #LimelightAwards

18.01.2022 As David McAllister prepares to leave The Australian Ballet, he releases a new memoir Soar through Thames & Hudson Australia.

17.01.2022 Subscribe by Sunday to receive our next magazine and get access to the online edition as soon as it's available on 19 April.

16.01.2022 American mezzo Jamie Barton, a star of The Metropolitan Opera who brought the house down at the 2019 BBC Proms, has just recorded her second recital album. Catching up with us over the phone from her home in Atlanta, she talks about the new PENTATONE album, her musical love affair with composer and pianist Jake Heggie, and the joys and challenges of new music.

16.01.2022 This sparse, solo character study falls slightly short of its bold ambition, writes Patricia Maunder of Kerosene at Theatre Works.

15.01.2022 While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?

14.01.2022 Opera Queensland's 40th anniversary season will feature Lorelei, a new Marriage of Figaro and Aida with Opera Australia, as well as a regional tour of Are You Lonesome Tonight, which combines opera and country music.

14.01.2022 Four very different works by Jesse Scales, Chloe Leong, Joel Bray and Raghav Handa make for an absorbing evening from Sydney Dance Company.

14.01.2022 West Australian Symphony Orchestra gives such an effective performance of Carl Orff's famous cantata that it is revealed in a fresh light, writes Laura Biemmi.

13.01.2022 As Jessica Gethin - Conductor prepares to lead the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in its return to Perth Concert Hall, the conductor tells us what she's been up to during the shutdowns.

13.01.2022 Indroducing our new art music column, this month JULIAN DAY reports on dynamic new music projects which are emerging from lockdown, including the work of Speak Percussion, DecibelNewMusic and more.

13.01.2022 The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra presents a program of gorgeous Romantic chamber music, featuring Beethoven’s Trio, Op. 38 and the delightful Grand Septet by underappreciated Swedish composer Franz Berwald. Hear some of Australia’s finest musicians in an intimate chamber setting, including the orchestra’s co-artistic directors Rachael Besley and Nicole van Bruggen, as well as Daniel Yeadon, Neal Peres Da Costa, Simon Oswell and many more. Touring 25 April 9 May... to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle, Blackheath and Muswellbrook. Book now: arco.org.au/evoke

12.01.2022 Moya Henderson Australian Composer explains how a fragment from Puccini became the starting point for her tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice, commissioned for the Canberra Symphony Orchestra's Australian Series.

11.01.2022 The Translators cannot be accused of lacking ingenuity. It’s smart. Incredibly smart. And slick. And never less than diverting. But...

11.01.2022 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra brings its best to the table with a mighty yet relaxing performance.

10.01.2022 How are the producers and venue managers making Pippin Australia happen, and what safety protocols do they have in place?

10.01.2022 Go behind the scenes of the Sydney Youth Orchestras' digital project that has given over 500 student musicians a collective creative experience.

09.01.2022 In its 40th birthday year, Melbourne theatre venue and incubator Theatre Works has turned an annus horribilis into an opportunity to evolve.

08.01.2022 The delay in rolling out the promised emergency package, and the disregard in the 202021 Budget, speaks to the Federal Government’s failure to understand the significance of arts and culture.

08.01.2022 Warner Classics & Erato’s latest take on Handel’s Agrippina, with Joyce DiDonato as the scheming Roman Empress, has won the Limelight Opera Recording of the Year 2020. Clive Paget caught up with the American mezzo to find out why this early Handel opera has become so popular of late, the joys of playing an arch-plotter, and how the team behind the three-disc set got it so right.

07.01.2022 Next year will see Victorian Opera present the long-awaited return of Richard Meale’s Voss, as well as four world premieres by Australian composers.

07.01.2022 This new stage adaptation of the much-loved mockumentary film by Ensemble Theatre, playing as part of the Sydney Festival, is joyously uplifting, and touching too at times.

07.01.2022 Recorded with excellent sound from Chandos Records, this is a fine addition to Gianandrea Noseda's Dallapiccola series.

05.01.2022 Joseph Tawadros AM - Oud Virtuoso and Composer gave a wonderfully warm-hearted concert last year with his brother James Tawadros - Req Player and Percussionist and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey in the Sydney Opera House. The concert has now been released as an album by ABC Classic.

05.01.2022 Virtuosi instrumentalists Jane Rutter French Flute and Giuseppe Zangari - Classical Guitarist celebrate the music of Italy in this feel-good concert of dances and arias by Vivaldi, Giuliani, Paganini, Caccini, Piovanni (from the film 'La Vita è Bella') and more. Grab a glass of vino, relax and enjoy some of the most delightful Italian 'swoon' music ever written, all in the comfort of your own home. Beautiful music and laughter are the best medicine! Scientific research shows ...that listening to music and laughing release mood-elevating chemicals in the brain. With amusing quotes from famous Italians, you're sure to have a great night in! "You may have the universe if I may have Italy" Giuseppe Verdi Book now for 'Viva Italia! Life is Beautiful!'. Friday 9 October, 8:30pm AEDT on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall: https://melbournedigitalconcerthall.com/sydney-spring-seas/

04.01.2022 The final Wharf Revue under the Sydney Theatre Company banner is a night of frivolity and fast costume changes, where all that is puffed up in politics is satisfyingly pricked.

04.01.2022 "The Picture of Dorian Gray is unlike anything I’ve ever seen on stage," writes Limelight's Editor Jo Litson of Sydney Theatre Company's dazzling new adaptation. "It captures Wilde’s wit and wickedly astute insights, and presents them in exhilarating fashion for contemporary audiences."

04.01.2022 The subject of dreams has long occupied the imagination of composers, poets, and artists throughout history. The Australian Haydn Ensemble explores this subject with an intriguing collection of works including Haydn’s The Dream Quartet, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Tomb Scene from Romeo and Juliet. Streaming live on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, Thursday 8 October from 7pm AEDT. Book online: https://melbournedigitalconcerthall.com/sydney-spring-seas/

03.01.2022 Richard Tognetti and Erin Helyard's recording of violin sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart for ABC Classic has won Best Independent Classical Album or EP at this year’s awards presented by the Australian Independent Record Labels Association.

03.01.2022 Mark Rogers' award-winning Superheroes presented by Griffin Theatre Company at the Seymour Centre is a play that spirals its way under your skin.

02.01.2022 Whenever John Wilson’s historic recording orchestra Sinfonia of London gets together it is guaranteed we are in for a listening treat.

02.01.2022 Opera Australia is accused of "dropping a hand grenade" into the Opera Australia Orchestra by one of the 16 dumped musicians, while CEO Rory Jeffes responds to their accusations.

01.01.2022 Ahead of her first performance in 11 months, New York-based pianist Lisa Moore talks to Limelight about the allure of Philip Glass's music, which she will play at the Sydney Opera House's Bennelong Restaurant.