Limelight December 2022

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With 11 editions per year containing features, interviews, profiles, news, reviews and listening guides, Limelight provides breadth, liveliness and quality for discerning readers. Cover story- A Melbourne Carol Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol remains as vivid, moving and telling as when he wrote it in 19th-century London. Composer Graeme Koehne and writer Anna Goldsworthy have adapted the timeless tale for Victorian Opera, setting their version in modern-day Melbourne. They explain how and why as they prepare for the opera's world premiere. Feature- Sir Andrew's Messiah Handel's Messiah is another Christmas tradition, presented by orchestras around the world in December. Sir Andrew Davis conducts his new orchestration with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Having sung the Messiah as a boy soprano, his reorchestration was a labour of love, and uses instruments such as the flute, oboe d'amore and even sleigh bells! Article- Get festive We explore the huge range of events on offer at the 2023 Sydney and Perth Festivals, and offer our pick of the highlights and little gems. Interview- Richard Roxburgh The renowned actor discusses his return to Sydney Theatre Company to play the enigmatic sorcerer Prospero in Shakespeare's final, beautiful play The Tempest. Soundings- Check out our popular monthly columns- On the Record, Clive Paget's round-up of the best new recordings; Cutting Edge about the latest in new music; Guy Noble's amusing, provocative Soapbox; Sacred Cow, in which a guest writer vents, humorously, about something that bugs them in arts- Playing Up, where a musician tells us about their instrument; and My Music, in which someone well-known shares their love of music. Reviews- Our experienced critics lend their minds to the latest concerts, operas, plays and dance works around the country including Laura Murphy's new musical The Lovers at Bell Shakespeare; Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart at State Theatre Company South Australia; Bach's Universe at the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; and the world premiere of Nigel Westlake's Trumpet Concerto at West Australian Symphony Orchestra. On Air and Online- We preview the livestreams, cinema screenings, digital events and radio highlights to check out this month.

Independent and informed, Limelight offers Australia's best coverage of music, opera, theatre, dance, arts and culture at home and abroad. Originally published as 24 hours by the ABC over 40 years ago, Limelight is wellestablished as Australia's leading arts publication. It now offers a fresh, newlook magazine with more in-depth, analytical and literary articles.