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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of November 5 \u2013 11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (Nov. 5 \u2013 11)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ludwig van Toronto\u2019s weekly Critic\u2019s Picks are a curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. For a look at the full breadth of what\u2019s available in and around Toronto, check out our curated concert listings\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Monday 5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

International Resource Centre for Performing Artists<\/strong> | Ten Singing Stars: The Next Generation. 7:15 p.m. Zoomer Hall, 70 Jefferson Ave. $30(cash @ door)\/$25(adv)\/$20(sr\/arts workers adv). Post-concert reception.<\/p>\n

Ten young singers in a program of opera and oratorio arias. They had previously participated in a full-day \u201cEncounter\u201d with soprano Adrianne Pieczonka.\u00a0 The singers are Tonia Cianciulli, Jocelyn Fralick, Beth Hagerman, Teiya Kasahara, Kathleen Promane, Sara Schabas, Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor, sopranos; Georgia Burashko, mezzo; Zachary Rioux and John-Michael Scapin, tenors. The pianist is Rachel Andrist. A post-concert reception celebrating IRCPA\u2019s 35th-anniversary. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday 7<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Jazz Series: Moderne Frau.5:30 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Note the late afternoon start time.<\/p>\n

Jazz vocalist Adi Braun and her ensemble perform selections from her CD, Moderne Frau<\/em>. Braun is a former operatic mezzo, the daughter of late Canadian baritone Victor Braun and sister of baritone Russell Braun. Besides being a terrific jazz singer, Adi Braun teaches German art song at the Royal Conservatory, and is German diction coach at the COC. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday 8<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Women\u2019s Musical Club of Toronto<\/strong> | Music in the Afternoon. 1:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park Crescent. $45.<\/p>\n

Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans makes his Toronto debut in this innovative program where two famous song cycles, Schuman\u2019s Liederkreis<\/em> and Brahms\u2019 Die schone Magelone<\/em>, are interwoven to tell an interesting story. Malcolm Martineau is the collaborative pianist. This recital requires preparation, and reading Oliemans\u2019 program notes will be extremely helpful (PDF<\/a>). | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Britten: War Requiem. 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $35.50-$131.75. Repeats Nov. 10 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Given Remembrance Day is this week, the TSO is programming Britten\u2019s War Requiem<\/em> to mark the occasion, with Russian soprano Tatiana Pavlovskaya, English tenor Toby Spence, and Canadian baritone Russell Braun. Bramwell Tovey conducts. Choral forces supplied by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Toronto Children\u2019s Chorus. Not to be missed. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Tafelmusik<\/strong> | Steffani: Drama & Devotion 8 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $30-$99. Repeats Nov. 9 & 10 at 8 p.m., Nov. 11 at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

This concert features the sacred and secular works by a forgotten Baroque composer, Agostino Steffani. On the program are his Stabat Mater<\/em>, and arias from Henrico Leone, Tassilone<\/em>, and Niobe.<\/em> Mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabo is joined by the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. Ivars Taurins directs the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday 9<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Opera by Request<\/strong> | Pique Dame. 7:30 p.m. College St. United Church, 452 College St. $20<\/p>\n

Given that Toronto audiences have just experienced a staged Eugene Onegin<\/em>, it\u2019ll be interesting to hear Tchaikovsky\u2019s other popular work, Pique Dame<\/em>, albeit in a more modest scale, in concert with piano accompaniment. Soloists are Paul Williamson, tenor (Gherman); Anush Pasishnik, soprano (Lisa); Anna Belikova, mezzo (Old Countess); Yevgeny Yablonovsky, baritone (Tomsky); Andrey Andreychik, and baritone (Yeletsky). William Shookhoff, piano. College St. United Church, 452 College St. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music<\/strong> | Hilary Hahn. 8 p.m. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. $45-$100. Sold Out.<\/p>\n

Violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Toronto for an all-Bach program – Sonata No.2 for Solo Violin in a BWV1003; Partita No.3 for Solo Violin in E BWV1006; Sonata No.3 for Solo Violin in C BWV1005<\/em>. Pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. It is listed as sold out, but do call the box office for same-day returns. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday 10<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Met Opera Live in HD\/ Cineplex<\/strong> | Marnie. 12:55 p.m. Select Cineplex Cinemas in the GTA. $28\/$27(sr) Encores on Jan. 26, 28, 30, Fe. 17.<\/p>\n

Marnie<\/em> is American composer Nico Muhly\u2019s second opera at the Met, following his Two Boys<\/em> which was staged there in 2014.<\/em> Based on a novel by Winston Graham, it stars mezzo Isabel Leonard in the title role, opposite British baritone Christopher Maltman. Robert Spano conducts. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

National Ballet of Canada<\/strong> | Anna Karenina. 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. $71-$265.\u00a0 Repeats Sunday, Nov. 11 2 p.m., plus eight additional performances running to Sunday, Nov. 18.<\/p>\n

The National\u2019s new season opens with a North American premiere \u2013 Anna Karenina<\/em> by famed choreographer John Neumeier, loosely based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, but set in present day.\u00a0 It contains music by Tchaikovsky but also Alfred Schnittke and Cat Stevens! | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n