{"id":68130,"date":"2020-05-18T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68130"},"modified":"2020-05-19T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:21:27","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-streaming-edition-may-18-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/05\/18\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-streaming-edition-may-18-24\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Virtual Concerts You Absolutely Need To See This Week (Streaming Edition May 18 \u2013 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of May 18 \u2013 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (May 18 \u2013 24)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe live in an extraordinary Age\u201d \u2013 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, Dutch National Opera, plus several individual artists. Now you can enjoy wonderful performances in the privacy of your own home \u2014 for free!<\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote, and Matthew Polenzani, conducted by James Levine. From March 25, 2017. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Wagner\u2019s G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung.<\/strong> Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Petra Lang (Br\u00fcnnhilde), Regine Hangler (Gutrune), Falk Struckmann (Hagen), Marcus Eiche (Gunther), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute) Conducted by Peter Schneider. Performance of June 5, 2017. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Wagner\u2019s Lohengrin \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek, Peter Hofmann, Leif Roar, and John Macurdy, conducted by James Levine. From January 10, 1986. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Weber\u2019s Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/strong>. Adrian Er\u00f6d (Ottokar), Camilla Nylund (Agathe), Daniela Fally (\u00c4nnchen), Alan Held (Caspar), Andreas Schager (Max), Hans Peter Kammerer (Samiel). Conducted by Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil. Performance of June 14, 2018. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 20<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Verdi\u2019s Un Ballo in Maschera \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Sondra Radvanovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Marcelo \u00c1lvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From December 8, 2012. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Opera Atelier<\/strong> | Together\/Apart \u2014 8:00 p.m. (ET)<\/strong> Opera Atelier is live streaming 14 artists including Measha Brueggergosman, Angela Hewitt, Wallis Giunta, Laird Mackintosh<\/strong> and others, with a special guests appearance by Toronto Mayor John Tory<\/strong>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Koerner Hall | Barbara Hannigan<\/strong> & Reinbert de Leeuw<\/strong> \u2014 4:00 p.m. (ET). <\/strong>Program includes Berg, Schoenberg, Webern, Zemlinsky, Mahler and Wolf, originally from Nov. 10, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 21<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Puccini\u2019s Turandot \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. From October 12, 2019. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni.<\/strong> Ludovic T\u00e9zier (Don Giovanni), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Der Komtur), Ekaterina Siurina (Donna Anna), Jinxu Xiahou (Don Ottavio), Annette Dasch (Donna Elvira), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello), Valentina Naforni\u0163\u0103 (Zerlina), Clemens Unterreiner (Masetto). Conducted by Sascha Goetzel. Performance of January 20, 2018. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 22<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Joan Sutherland, James Morris, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Richard Bonynge. From March 16, 1978. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo<\/strong>. Bernard Richter (Idomeneo), Rachel Frenkel (Idamante), Irina Lungu (Elettra), Valentina Naforni\u0163\u0103 (Ilia), Pavel Kolgatin (Arbace) Conductor: Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil. Performance of February 22, 2019. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 23<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Gounod\u2019s Faust \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Marina Poplavskaya, Jonas Kaufmann, and Ren\u00e9 Pape, conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. From December 10, 2011. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Strauss\u2019Arabella.<\/strong> Wolfgang Bankl (Graf Waldner), Carole Wilson (Adelaide), Anne Schwanewilms (Arabella), Genia K\u00fchmeier (Zdenka), Tomasz Konieczny (Mandryka), Daniela Fally (Die Fiakermilli). Conducted by Ulf Schirmer. Performance of December 18, 2014. Available for 72 hours (free registration required)<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 24<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Massenet\u2019s Manon \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Anna Netrebko, Piotr Becza\u0142a, and Paulo Szot, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From April 7, 2012. Available for 23 hours<\/strong> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Mozart\u2019s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/strong>. J\u00f6rg Schneider (Tamino), Ren\u00e9 Pape (Sarastro), Hila Fahima (K\u00f6nigin der Nacht), Olga Bezsmertna (Pamina), Ileana Tonca (Papagena), Thomas Tatzl (Papageno). Conducted by Adam Fischer. Performance of December 29, 2017. 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) This Dutch National Opera<\/strong>\u2019s rarity, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh<\/em><\/strong> by Rimsky-Korsakov<\/strong>, was streamed on May 15 on YouTube by Opera Vision, and will remain available for three months. Directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov and conducted by Marc Albrecht.<\/p>\n