Limelight — May 2017

LIMELIGHT · MAY 2017 · CONTENTS

REGULARS...

8 LETTERS

12 NEWS
Fifieldreturns$61milliontotheAustraliaCouncil;
Carmenteamlashesout;Violistgoesforarun

14 WHAT I’M LISTENING TO...
Cellist Umberto Clerici

16 FIVE QUESTIONS FOR...
PianistAngelaHewitt

18 AROUND THE WORLD
Kirill Petrenko makes Berlin debut at last

20 GUEST COLUMN
Israel and the Wagner question

21 GUY NOBLE’S SOAPBOX
Should you be a man or a moose?

22 OPERA COLUMN

PrimaDonna:WhenJacquimetRufus

23 DID YOU HEAR ABOUT...

The boy Liszt being kissed by Beethoven

24 BACKSTAGE WITH...

Tenor Samuel Sakker

25 WORLD PREMIERE

Robert Andrew Greene jukeboxes the operetta

26 RICHARD GILL

Alarm bells should be ringing in our classrooms

28 INTERVIEW I

Harpsichordist and conductor Erin Helyard

40 INTERVIEW II

Violinist Daniel Hope

60 COMPOSER OF THE MONTH

Rameau: French opera’s great late-starter

66 MUSICAL JOURNEY

There’s more to Krácow than salt mines and vodka

88 PAN O R AM A

This month’s round up of everything worth

experiencing in dance, theatre, visual art and film

99 WHAT’S ON IN MAY

104 BROADCAST GUIDE

Thebestofclassicalmusicandartsacross

ABC and independent stations this month

110 DIGITAL & CINEMA

The best of classical music and arts in Australian

cinemas,andwhat’savailableonlinethismonth

113 CLASSICAL CAPTION & QUIZ

114 MY MUSIC

Musical theatre legend Nancye Hayes

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