Critic’s Picks (March 30 – April 5)
The health calamity that is COVID-19 continues. Fortunately for us music lovers, more and more opera houses, concert organizations and individual artists are offering free streaming that we can view in the comfort of our own homes. Below are my two categories – first part consists of selections of recent additions to Video On Demand by opera companies, symphonies, and individual artists, available for free viewing at any time. This is followed by time specific streaming from various organizations.
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Monday 30
Met Opera | Dialogues of the Carmelites / Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka, Karita Mattila, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Sequin. | Details
Tuesday 31
Met Opera | Il barbiere di Siviglia / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Peter Mattei, conducted by Maurizio Benini. | Details
Wednesday 1
Met Opera | Nixon in China / James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, conducted by John Adams. | Details
Thursday 2
Met Opera | Don Carlo / Marina Poplavskaya, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin. | Details
Friday 3
Met Opera | The Pearl Fishers / Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, and Mariusz Kwiecien, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda | Details
Saturday 4
Met Opera | Macbeth / Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, Željko Lučić, Rene Pape, conducted by Fabio Luisi. | Details
Sunday 5
Met Opera | Norma / Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja, and Matthew Rose, conducted by Carlo Rizzi | Details
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Videos On Demand:
Garsington Opera | Marriage of Figaro Joshua Bloom, Jennifer France, Duncan Rock, Kirsten MacKinnon, Marta Fontanals-Simmons. Douglas Boyd (cond.), John Cox (dir.) | Details
Royal Swedish Opera | Madama Butterfly Asmik Grigorian, Katarina Leoson, Daniel Johansson, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Lawrence Renes (cond.) | Details
Berliner Philharmoniker | Digital Concert Hall Discover the fantastic archives of the Berlin Philharmonic for free! Their last ten concerts include New Year’s Eve Concert with Kirill Petrenko conducting Diana Damrau; Simon Rattle conducting Berio and Bartok; Mahler Third Symphony; and a concert Suor Angelica. Not to be missed! Free registration required. | Details
Russell Braun & Carolyn Maule | A Song A Day Canadian baritone Russell Braun and his pianist wife Carolyn Maule are offering one song a day on their Facebook page, “to ease some of the anxiety we are all share at the moment.” The songs include An die Musik (Schubert); Liebst du um Schonheit (Mahler); Oh Danny Boy; Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (Liszt); Pierrot’s Tanzlied (Korngold); Fussreise (Wolf); Morgen (Strauss); and Somewhere Over The Rainbow and others. Tune in! | Details
Metropolitan Opera’s nightly live streams can be accessed here.
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