{"id":60498,"date":"2019-05-13T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=60498"},"modified":"2019-05-13T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:45:10","slug":"critics-picks-8-concerts-absolutely-need-see-toronto-week-may-13-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/05\/13\/critics-picks-8-concerts-absolutely-need-see-toronto-week-may-13-19\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | 8 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (May 13 \u2013 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of May 13 \u2013 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (May 13 \u2013 19)<\/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<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday 14<\/span><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Vocal Series: 1001 Nights: Tales from the East. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Limited Seating<\/p>\n

Lebanese Canadian soprano Miriam Khalil, currently the alternate cast Mimi at COC\u2019s La boh<\/em>\u00e8me<\/em>, sings Schubert, Ravel, Manuel de Falla, Fernando Obradors and others, in a program of music with Eastern themes. She is joined by Topher Mokrzewski at the piano. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday 15<\/span><\/h3>\n

Orpheus Choir Toronto<\/strong> | Orpheus by Request. 7:30 p.m. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road. $45\/$35(sr)\/$20(under 30)<\/p>\n

In this year-end concert by the Orpheus Choir and Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, the audience gets to decide on the program through online voting, revealed in a live countdown at the concert. Hosted by guest conductor Howard Dyck. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Otello. 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. $45-$350. Runs to May 21.<\/p>\n

COC\u2019s Otello<\/em> continues this week, with a superlative cast of Russell Thomas, tenor (Otello); Gerald Finley, baritone (Iago); Tamara Wilson, soprano (Desdemona); Andrew Haji, tenor (Cassio); Carolyn Sproule, mezzo (Emilia); Owen McCausland, tenor (Roderigo); and \u00d6nay K\u00f6se, bass (Lodovico). Johannes Debus conducts. Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Mahler Symphony No. 7. 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. $40.75-$154. Repeats May 16 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sir Andrew Davis leads the TSO in a program of Mahler Symphony No. 7<\/em> coupled with Cesar Franck\u2019s Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra<\/em>, with pianist Louis Lortie. The evening opens with a TSO commission: Chan Ka Nin\u2019s My Most Beautiful, Wonderful, Terrific, Amazing, Fantastic, Magnificent Homeland: Sesquie for Canada\u2019s 150th<\/sup><\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto Choral Society<\/strong> | Two French Requiems. 7:30 p.m. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Avenue. $25<\/p>\n

Toronto Choral Society performs Two French Requiems \u2013 by Gabriel Faur\u00e9 and Maurice Durufl\u00e9 featuring the Talisker Players, Beste Kalender (mezzo), Dion Mazerolle (baritone), and William O\u2019Meara (organ).\u00a0 Geoffrey Butler (conductor). | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday 16\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n

North Wind Concerts<\/strong> | Sopratutto Vivaldi! 7:30 p.m. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. $32\/$25(sr)\/$18(st\/artsworker)<\/p>\n

North Wind Concerts, formerly Baroque Music Beside the Grange, presents Sopratutto Vivaldi<\/em>, a program of chamber concertos and trio sonatas for oboe, violin, recorder\/traverso, bassoon and harpsichord, with a focus on Antonio Vivaldi, plus a taste of G. P. Telemann and J.C. Fasch. Soloists are harpsichordist Stefano Demicheli, Marco Cera (oboe), Alison Melville (recorder\/traverso), Cristina Zacharias (violin) and Dominic Teresi (bassoon). Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Tapestry Opera\/Opera on the Avalon<\/strong> | Shanawdithit 8 p.m. Imperial Oil Opera Theatre, 227 Front St. E. $50-$150. Six performances to May 18. Check listings<\/a> for dates and start times.<\/p>\n

A Canadian-Indigenous world premiere with music by Newfoundland composer Dean Burry, libretto by Algonquin playwright Yvette Nolan, Shanawdithit<\/em> tells the story of \u201cShanawdithit (1801-1829), thought at the time of her death to be the last member of the Beothuk Nation in what is now Newfoundland. In 1829, Shanawdithit was taken to St. John\u2019s by William Cormack, where she created a series of ten drawings that speak of the life of her people, their encounters with the European settlers, and loneliness of survival. These detailed drawings form the basis of the opera.\u201d First Nations mezzo Marion Newman sings the title role; Clarence Frazer is Cormack. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday 17<\/span><\/h3>\n

Furiosi Baroque Ensemble <\/strong>| I Furiosi: The Opera. 8 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $25\/$15(sr\/st).<\/p>\n

Furiosi Baroque Ensemble presents I Furiosi<\/em>, a pastiche Baroque opera, with music by Stephanie Martin and libretto by Craig Martin, with guest artist James Johnstone (harpsichord). | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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