{"id":67800,"date":"2020-04-13T09:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=67800"},"modified":"2020-04-13T09:52:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:52:50","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-streaming-edition-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/04\/13\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-streaming-edition-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Virtual Concerts You Absolutely Need To See This Week (Streaming Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of April 13 \u2013 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (April 13 \u2013 19)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

While the world is going through its darkest hours, there\u2019s nothing quite like music to soothe the soul and lift the spirits. Here are my choices of streaming videos this week, either time-specific offerings with a focus on the Metropolitan Opera (The Met) and the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), or highlights of other companies and individual artists, on a video on demand basis.<\/p>\n

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

The Met | Dvo\u0159\u00e1k: Rusalka \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\u00a0Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Piotr Becza\u0142a, Emily Magee, Dolora Zajick, John Relyea, conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. From February 8, 2014. Available for 24 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Der Rosenkavalier \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Felicity Lott (Feldmarschallin), Kurt Moll (Ochs), Anne Sofie von Otter (Octavian), Gottfried Hornik (Faninal), Barbara Bonney (Sophie) conductor: Carlos Kleiber. From 23 M\u00e4rz 1994. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The Met | Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\u00a0Rene Pape, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Oleg Balashov, Evgeny Nikitin, conducted by Valery Gergiev. From October 23, 2010. Available for 24 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Schwanensee \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Vladimir Shishov (Prinz Siegfried), Olga Esina (Odette\/Odile), Dagmar Kronberger (K\u00f6nigin), Eno Peci (Zauberer Rotbart), conductor: Alexander Ingram. From 16 M\u00e4rz 2014. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The Met | Puccini: La Rondine \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\u00a0Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Lisette Oropesa, Marius Brenciu, Samuel Ramey, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From January 10, 2009. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Parsifal \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Thomas Johannes Mayer (Amfortas), Ren\u00e9 Pape (Gurnemanz), Simon O\u2019Neill (Parsifal), Boaz Daniel (Klingsor), Elena Zhidkova (Kundry). Conductor: Valery Gergiev. From 21, April 2019. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The Met | Rossini: Le Comte d\u2019Ory \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET).<\/strong> Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Fl\u00f3rez, St\u00e9phane Degout, Michele Pertusi, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From April 9, 2011. Available for 24 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Der Rosenkavalier \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Ren\u00e9e Fleming (Feldmarschallin), Peter Rose (Ochs), Sophie Koch (Octavian), Adrian Er\u00f6d (Herr von Faninal), Ileana Tonca (Sophie). Conductor: Adam Fischer. From 27, October 2013. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The Met | Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Viewers\u2019 Choice) \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\u00a0Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak, Dwayne Croft, conducted by Patrick Summers. From March 7, 2009. Available for 24 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | L\u2019italiana in Algeri \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustaf\u00e0), Aida Garifullina (Elvira), Rachel Frenkel (Zulma), Alessio Arduini (Haly), Edgardo Rocha (Lindoro), Anna Bonitatibus (Isabella), Paolo Rumetz (Taddeo). Conductor: Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez Cobos. From 30, April 2015. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 18<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Met | Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\u00a0Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Becza\u0142a, Ambrogio Maestri, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. From January 12, 2019. Available for 24 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Der Nussknacker \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Liudmila Konovalova (Clara), Vladimir Shishov (Drosselmeyer\/Der Prinz), Emilia Baranowicz (Luisa), Davide Dato (Fritz). Conductor: Paul Connelly. From 7. October 2012. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 19<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Met | Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>.\u00a0Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Erin Morley, El\u012bna Garan\u010da, Markus Br\u00fcck, G\u00fcnther Groissb\u00f6ck, Mathew Polenzani, conducted by Sebastian Weigle. From May 13, 2017. Available for 24 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Capriccio \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Camilla Nylund (Gr\u00e4fin), Markus Eiche (Graf), Michael Schade (Flamand), Adrian Er\u00f6d (Olivier), Wolfgang Bankl (La Roche), Angelika Kirchschlager (Clairon). Conductor: Michael Boder. From 24, May 2018. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Additional picks (Date-specific or Video On Demand):<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

More interesting streams by other companies as well as individual artists:<\/p>\n

1) The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto<\/strong> is doing Facebook Watch Parties on Wednesdays at 4 pm<\/strong> on the Koerner Hall Facebook page: April 15, 4pm: Andrei Feher conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra; April 22, 4pm: Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi; April 29, 4pm: G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs-Nagy conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2) Well worth watching is this remarkable project of 79 musicians of the Gran Canaria Philharmonic<\/strong> coming together to perform snippets of Mahler\u2019s Second Symphony<\/em>. Elina Garanca<\/strong> is the mezzo soloist and her husband Karel Mark Chichon<\/strong> conducts. All recorded from their homes except organist Angel Hortas<\/strong> who was in Jerez Cathedral in Spain. A spiritually uplifting piece, perfect for Easter.<\/p>\n