{"id":67943,"date":"2020-04-27T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=67943"},"modified":"2020-04-28T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T21:38:53","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-streaming-edition-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/04\/27\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-streaming-edition-4\/","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 20 \u2013 May 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (April 27 \u2013 May 3)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I hope some of you managed to catch the Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala last Saturday, as it was quite the event \u2014 over 40 big-name opera singers plus members of the Met Orchestra and Chorus joined forces to remind music lovers that in the darkest times, music helps heal the mind and soothe the spirit. There are plenty more streaming concert worth seeing this week, either date-specific or on a video-on-demand basis.<\/p>\n

Monday 27<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Vienna State Opera | Puccini: Madama Butterfly \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET).<\/strong> Krist\u012bne Opolais (Cio-Cio-San), Bongiwe Nakani (Suzuki), Piero Pretti (B.F. Pinkerton), Boaz Daniel (Sharpless) Philippe Auguin, conductor. Performance September 14, 2016. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Bayerische Staatsoper | 2:15 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Part of Munich Opera\u2019s Monday Concert series, this one is in memory of their former Intendant Sir Peter Jonas. Soprano Elsa Benoit sings a Handel aria; musicians of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester perform Mozart\u2019s Piano Quartet in E flat major K. 493. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and pianist Helmut Deutsch perform Schumann\u2019s Dichterliebe. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Met Opera | Donizetti: Anna Bolena \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET).<\/strong> Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Stephen Costello, and Ildar Abdrazakov. Marco Armiliato, conductor. Transmitted live on October 15, 2011. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 28<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met Opera | Donizetti: Maria Stuarda \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Elza van den Heever, Joyce DiDonato, and Matthew Polenzani. Maurizio Benini, conductor. Transmitted live on January 19, 2013. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Beethoven: Fidelio \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Klaus Florian Vogt (Florestan), Anja Kampe (Leonore), Boaz Daniel (Don Fernando), Evgeny Nikitin (Don Pizarro), Stephen Milling (Rocco), Valentina Naforni\u0163\u0103 (Marzelline), J\u00f6rg Schneider (Jaquino) Peter Schneider, conductor. Performance January 14, 2016. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 29<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met Opera | Donizetti: Roberto Devereux \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET<\/strong>). Sondra Radvanovsky, El\u012bna Garan\u010da, Matthew Polenzani, and Mariusz Kwiecien. Maurizio Benini, conductor. Transmitted live on April 16, 2016. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Legris: Le Corsaire (ballet) \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Robert Gabdullin (Conrad), Maria Yakovleva (M\u00e9dora), Liudmila Konovalova (Gulnare), Kirill Kourlaev (Lanquedem), Davide Dato (Birbanto), Alice Firenze (Zulm\u00e9a), Mihail Sosnovschi (Seyd Pascha) Valery Ovsyanikov, conductor. Performance of April 2, 2016. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 30<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Met Opera | Nico Muhly: Marnie \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Isabel Leonard, Iestyn Davies, and Christopher Maltman. Roberto Spano, conductor. Transmitted live on November 10, 2018. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Berlioz: Les Troyens \u2014 9:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Anna Caterina Antonacci (Cassandre), Brandon Jovanovich (En\u00e9e), Rachel Frenkel (Ascagne), Joyce DiDonato (Didon), Szilvia V\u00f6r\u00f6s (Anna), Paolo Fanale (Iopas) Alain Altinoglu, conductor. Performance November 4, 2018. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 1<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met Opera | Verdi: Aida (viewer\u2019s choice) \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, James McCracken, and Simon Estes. James Levine, conductor. Transmitted live on January 3, 1985. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 2<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met Opera | Verdi: Luisa Miller \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Becza\u0142a, and Pl\u00e1cido Domingo. Bertrand de Billy, conductor. Transmitted live on April 14, 2018. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 3<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Met Opera | Borodin: Prince Igor \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Oksana Dyka, Anita Rachvelishvili, and Ildar Abdrazakov. Gianandrea Noseda, conductor. Transmitted live on March 1, 2014. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

1) Dutch National Opera 50th Anniversary Gala<\/strong>. Premiered Sunday April 26 and available for one week. The concert took place in 2015. Artists include Eva-Maria Westbroek, Sabine Devieilhe, Eleonora Buratto, Thomas Oliemans (who sang a recital with the Women\u2019s Musical Club of Toronto last year), Violeta Urmana, Peter Rose, and Canada\u2019s own Adrianne Pieczonka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n