{"id":68068,"date":"2020-05-11T10:14:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68068"},"modified":"2020-05-11T10:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:14:20","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-streaming-edition-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/05\/11\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-streaming-edition-5\/","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 May 11 \u2013 17.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (May 11 – 17)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe live in an extraordinary Age\u201d \u2014 Carl Sagan<\/em>. Recent events have demonstrated this in no uncertain terms. A tiny previously unknown microbe, COVID-19, has shut down our musical life, hopefully only temporarily. Many opera companies and music organizations are offering video streaming services during the hiatus. This week, we feature the Met, Vienna State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Melbourne Symphony, plus several individual artists. Now you can enjoy wonderful performances in the privacy of your own home \u2014 for free!<\/p>\n

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

Bayerische Staatsoper | Monday Concert \u2014 2:15 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Features Brahms Sonata with David Schultheiss (violin) and Myron Romanul (piano); and Lieder by Brahms, Sch\u00f6nberg, Berg, Strauss and Mahler with mezzo Okka von der Damerau and pianist Sophie Raymaud. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Massenet\u2019s Werther \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. A great cast led by Jonas Kaufmann as Werther and Sophie Koch as Charlotte. Lisette Oropesa is Sophie, and David Bizic is Albert. Alain Altinoglu conducts. Transmitted live on March 15, 2014. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 12<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Thomas Ad\u00e8s\u2019 The Tempest \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alek Shrader, Alan Oke, and Simon Keenlyside. Conducted by the composer, Thomas Ad\u00e8s, Transmitted live on November 10, 2012. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Strauss\u2019Ariadne auf Naxos<\/strong>. Soile Isokoski (Primadonna\/Ariadne), Johan Botha (Der Tenor\/Bacchus), Sophie Koch (Der Komponist), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta0; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Performance of Oct. 23, 2014. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Strauss\u2019 Ariadne auf Naxos \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Don\u2019t miss the late, great soprano Jessye Norman in the title role, with the equally late, great Tatiana Troyanos as the Komponist. Kathleen Battle is Zerbinetta. James Levine conducts. Transmitted live on March 12, 1988. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Donizetti\u2019s Don Pasquale<\/strong>. Michele Pertusi (Don Pasquale), Valentina Naforni\u0163\u0103 (Norina), Adam Plachetka (Doktor Malatesta), Juan Diego Fl\u00f3rez (Ernesto) Evelino Pid\u00f2, conductor. Performance of April 21, 2016. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Britten\u2019s Peter Grimes \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Patricia Racette, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Anthony Michaels-Moore. Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor. Transmitted live on March 15, 2008. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Wagner\u2019s Das Rheingold<\/strong>. Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Clemens Unterreiner (Donner), J\u00f6rg Schneider (Froh), Norbert Ernst (Loge), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Herwig Pecoraro (Mime), Jongmin Park (Fasolt), Sorin Coliban (Fafner), Sophie Koch (Fricka), Anna Gabler (Freia), Monika Bohinec (Erda); Axel Kober, conductor. Performance of January 8, 2019. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Donizetti\u2019s Lucia di Lammermoor (Viewers\u2019 Choice) \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira, and Paul Plishka. Richard Bonynge, conductor. Transmitted live on November 13, 1982. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Wagner\u2019s Die Walk\u00fcre<\/strong>. Christopher Ventris (Siegmund), Jongmin Park (Hunding), Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Simone Schneider (Sieglinde), Ir\u00e9ne Theorin (Br\u00fcnnhilde), Michaela Schuster (Fricka); Adam Fischer, conductor. Performance of April 8, 2018. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Verdi\u2019s Rigoletto \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Diana Damrau, Oksana Volkova, Piotr Becza\u0142a, and \u017deljko Lu\u010di\u0107. Michele Mariotti, conductor. Transmitted live on February 16, 2013. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Verdi\u2019s Nabucco \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, and Dmitry Belosselskiy. James Levine, conductor. Transmitted live on January 7, 2017. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Wagner\u2019s Siegfried.<\/strong> Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Evelyn Herlitzius (Br\u00fcnnhilde), Tomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer), Richard Paul Fink (Alberich), Janina Baechle (Erda), Herwig Pecoraro (Mime), Mikahil Petrenko (Fafner); Simon Rattle, conductor. Performance of June 4, 2015. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Additional interesting streams by other companies as well as by individual artists:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1) On Monday, May 11 3 p.m. (Eastern Time), three top tenors Michael Fabiano<\/strong>, Bryan Hymel<\/strong> and Matthew Polenzani<\/strong>, give a Three Tenors Online Concert<\/strong>. It will be broadcast live on the Dallas Opera YouTube channel<\/a><\/span>. Full announcement of the event can be found here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

2) Le nozze di Figaro<\/em> Act 2 Finale featuring an all-Canadian cast<\/strong>: Russell Braun (Conte); Jessica Muirhead (Contessa); Jacqueline Woodley (Susanna); Neil Craighead (Figaro); Aaron Durand (Antonio); Megan Latham (Marcellina); Peter McGillivray (Bartolo); and Jean-Philippe Lazure (Basilio). Produced and edited by Neil Craighead.<\/p>\n