{"id":66397,"date":"2020-02-10T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=66397"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:07:08","slug":"critics-picks-10-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-in-toronto-this-week-february-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/02\/10\/critics-picks-10-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-in-toronto-this-week-february-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (February 10 \u2013 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of February 10 \u2013 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (February 10 \u2013 16)<\/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 10<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Beethoven: Kreutzer and the Archduke. 7:30 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $25\/$23(sr &st) plus $2.54 fee.<\/p>\n

The Small Concerts Series of the Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, now in its 47th season, presents an all-Beethoven program \u2014 the \u2018Kreutzer\u2019 sonata for violin & piano in A major, Op. 47 #9<\/em>; and the \u2018Archduke\u2019 piano trio in B flat major), Op.97<\/em>. Atis Bankas (violin), Joseph Johnson (cello), and Victoria Kogan piano. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 11<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Chamber Music Series: Schumann and Ravel 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Limited seating.<\/p>\n

Artists of the COC Orchestra (Aya Miyagawa and Clara Lee, violin; Joshua Greenlaw, viola; Naomi Barron, cello) perform Schumann\u2019s String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41<\/em> and Ravel\u2019s String Quartet in F major<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | What Makes It Great?: Mendelssohn String Octet. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $40\/$25(sr)\/$10(st)<\/p>\n

Conductor Rob Kapilow, Wilma and Clifford Smith Visitor in Music, presents Mendelssohn’s String Octet<\/em> with the Rolston String Quartet and U of T Strings, featuring Timothy Ying and Erika Raum, violins; Masumi Rostad, viola; and Shauna Rolston, cello. Maestro Kapilow gives talks on the works we hear in concert halls. He\u2019ll be signing copies of his book Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim<\/em> immediately following the concert in the Walter Hall lobby. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Hansel and Gretel 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. $45-$350. Repeats Feb. 16, 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

In this new production of Hansel and Gretel<\/em> directed by Joel Ivany, the Grimm Brothers\u2019 fairy tale has been time and place-shifted to present day Toronto. Emily Fons, mezzo (Hansel); Simone Osborne, soprano (Gretel); Russell Braun, baritone (Peter); Krisztina Szab\u00f3, mezzo (Gertrude); Michael Colvin, tenor (The Witch); Anna-Sophie Neher, soprano (Sandman\/Dew Fairy); Johannes Debus, conductor. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 13<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Hansel and Gretel: Special Performance for Young Audiences. 10:30 a.m. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Tickets half price for under 16. Repeats Feb. 15, 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

This special performance is suitable for young people Grade 4 and up. The opera is sung in English and is 90 minutes in length without intermission. Jamie Groote, mezzo (Hansel); Anna-Sophie Neher, soprano (Gretel); Joel Allison, bass-baritone (Peter); Simona Genga, mezzo (Gertrude); Matthew Cairns, tenor (The Witch); Lauren Margison, soprano (Sandman\/Dew Fairy); all current or former members of the COC Ensemble Studio. Derek Bate, conductor. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 14<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Opera by Request<\/strong> | Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold<\/em>. 7:30 p.m. College St. United Church, 452 College St., Toronto. $30\/$25(adv.) $70(cycle of 4 operas). Die Walkure<\/em><\/a><\/span>, Sat. 15 6 p.m.; Siegfried<\/em><\/a><\/span>, Sun. 16 2 p.m.; Gotterdammerung<\/em><\/a><\/span>, Mon. Feb. 17, 3 p.m. A second cycle to take place in Belleville, Ontario May 22-24.<\/p>\n

Kudos to Opera By Request for their most audacious undertaking yet \u2014 Wagner\u2019s Ring Cycle<\/em>, with piano accompaniment, joined by the Berlin Wagner Gruppe. Miriam Gordon-Stewart\/Susan Tsagkaris (Br\u00fcnnhilde); Michael York\/Andrew Tees (Wotan); Robert Martin (Siegfried); Vanessa Lanch (Sieglinde \/Freia \/Gutrune); Peter Bass\/John Holland (Alberich); Lenard Whiting (Loge); Erin Armstrong\/Jilian Yemen (Fricka); Oliver Dawson (Mime); John Holland\/Michael Robert-Broder (Donner); Francesca Corrado (Erda); George Ossipov (Fafner); Dylan Wright (Fasolt) and others. William Shookhoff, music director. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Rachmaninoff & Scheherazade. 7:30 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. $51-$154. Repeats Feb. 15 (8 p.m.) and 16 (3 p.m.)<\/p>\n

A Maestra new to me, Elim Chan, conducts the TSO in Rachmaninoff\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 2<\/em> with Stephen Hough pianist, and Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s Scheherazade<\/em>. The concert opens with the Canadian premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek\u2019s as though birds<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music<\/strong> | Johannes Debus Conducts The Royal Conservatory Orchestra 8 p.m. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. $25-$60. Pre-concert chat at 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

As part of RCM\u2019s Beethoven 250 Festival, COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra in a program of Richard Strauss Don Juan, op. 20<\/em>; Keiko Abe Prism Rhapsody<\/em>; and Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92.<\/em> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 15<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Toronto Operetta Theatre<\/strong> | Glamorous Nights \u2014 A Tribute to Ivor Novello. 4 p.m. Edward Jackman Centre, 947 Queen St. E., 2nd Floor, Toronto. $45.<\/p>\n

This cabaret features the music of British songwriter Ivor Novello, famous for his two wartime songs\u00a0\u2014\u00a0\u201cKeep the Homefires Burning\u201d and \u201cWe\u2019ll Gather Lilacs in the Spring.\u201d Guillermo Silva-Marin is the host, and singers include Lynn Isnar, Holly Chaplin, Michael Barrett, Cian Horrobin and Ian Backstrom with Peter Tiefenbach as pianist and music director. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 16<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Voicebox\/Opera in Concert<\/strong> | Kamouraska. 2:30 p.m. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. $20-$50.<\/p>\n

Voicebox\/Opera in Concert presents Kamouraska<\/em>, a rarely performed work by Canadian composer Charles M. Wilson. A story of the \u201cclassic and tumultuous love triangle played out near a village in Quebec, brought to life by the profound artistry of Anne Hebert\u2026resounding in its musical re-imagining for the lyric stage.\u201d Performers are soprano Jennifer Taverner, tenor Matt Chittick, and baritone Cairan Ryan. Robert Cooper conducts. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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