{"id":68366,"date":"2020-06-15T10:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68366"},"modified":"2020-06-16T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:50:43","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/06\/15\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Virtual Concerts You Absolutely Need To See This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of June 15 \u2013 21.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (June 15 – 21)<\/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 during the hiatus. The Wiener Staatsoper continues with archival material as well as live streams of mostly Lieder recitals. Social distancing means a tiny audience of 100 in a house meant for 1709, but it\u2019s a start. All streamed performances free (although donations are welcome!) and available for a limited time. One-time free registration required for Vienna. Don\u2019t miss out on streams from the Met, Glyndebourne, Covent Garden, Against the Grain, plus interesting offerings by individual artists.<\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Rossini\u2019s Armida \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn, Barry Banks, and Kobie van Rensburg, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Performance from May 1, 2010. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Verdi\u2019s Un Ballo in Maschera \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Piotr Beczala, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Krassimira Stoyanova, Nadia Krasteva, Hila Fahima, Alexandru Moisiuc, Sorin Coliban, Igor Onishchenko, Thomas Ebenstein. Conducted by Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez Cobos. One of the last Met performances by the late Siberian baritone Hvorostovsky. Performance from April 26, 2016. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream Recital \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Time Camilla Nylund, soprano; Helmut Deutsch, Piano. Songs by Sibelius, Schumann, and Richard Strauss. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Rossini\u2019s Semiramide \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET).<\/strong> Angela Meade, Elizabeth DeShong, Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Ryan Speedo Green, conducted by Maurizio Benini. Performance from March 10, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s V\u011bc Makropoulos \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Laura Aikin, Ludovit Ludha, Thomas Ebenstein, Margarita Gritskova, Markus Marquardt, conducted by Dan Ettinger. Performance from December 20, 2015. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream The Ensemble Presents: French Repertory \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Arias, duets and ensembles from Carmen, Don Carlos, Pearl Fishers, Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann, Romeo et Juliette, and Faust. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Gluck\u2019s Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Susan Graham, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, Paul Groves, conducted by Patrick Summers. Performance from February 26, 2011. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Verdi\u2019s Simon Boccanegra \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Thomas Hampson, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Orhan Yildiz, Ryan Speedo Green, Marina Rebeka, Francesco Meli. Conducted by Evelino Pid\u00f2. Performance from May 13, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

IRCPA | Conversation with Sondra Radvanovsky \u2014 1:00 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. The International Resource Centre for Performing Artists (host Debra Chandler) interviews the great Canadian\/American soprano. Sondra Radvanovsky<\/a><\/span> is the leading Verdi\/Bel Canto soprano of our time. Here she shares her thoughts on a variety of topics, including opera in the future, live streaming content, social media, advice to young singers, as well as her most recent project, Screaming Divas with American soprano Keri Alkema. RSVP to info@ircpa.net<\/a><\/span> | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Verdi\u2019s La Forza del Destino \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci, and Bonaldo Giaiotti, conducted by James Levine. Performance from March 24, 1984. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s Katja Kabanova \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Angela Denoke, Leonardo Navarro, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Misha Didyk, Jane Henschel, Thomas Ebenstein, Margaret Plummer, conducted by Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil. Performance from April 27, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream Recital: Michael Schade \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET).<\/strong> The Canadian tenor sings songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss, Gruber, Lehar. Jendrik Springer, piano. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Against the Grain Theatre | Opera Pub: Quarantunes \u2014 8 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Host David Eliakis joined by singers Giles Tomkins and Kathryn Tremills for an hour of opera and entertainment. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Verdi\u2019s La Forza del Destino \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci, and Bonaldo Giaiotti, conducted by James Levine. Performance from March 24, 1984 – extended for an additional day<\/strong>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Verdi\u2019s Otello \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Dalibor Jenis, Antonio Poli, Leonardo Navarro, Alexandru Moisiuc, Orhan Yildiz, Ion Tibrea, conducted by Graeme Jenkins. Performance from March 18, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. The Ensemble Presents German Repertory Arias, duets, and ensembles from Die Fledermaus, Ariadne auf Naxos, Salome, Der Freischutz, Tannhauser, Der Rosenkavalier, and Lulu. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Philip Glass\u2019s Akhnaten \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET).<\/strong> D\u00edsella L\u00e1rusd\u00f3ttir, J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Aaron Blake, Will Liverman, Richard Bernstein, and Zachary James, conducted by Karen Kamensek. Performance from November 23, 2019. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Verdi\u2019s Macbeth \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Tatiana Serjan, George Petean, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Jinxu Xiahou, Lukhanyo Moyake, Fiona Jepson, conducted by James Conlon. Performance from May 14, 2019. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream Recital \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Juan Diego Florez, tenor; C\u00e9cile Restier, piano. Program unavailable at press time. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Philip Glass\u2019s Satyagraha \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Rachelle Durkin, Richard Croft, Kim Josephson, Alfred Walker, conducted by Dante Anzolini. Performance from November 19, 2011. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Verdi\u2019s Don Carlo \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ram\u00f3n Vargas, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, Krassimira Stoyanova, Alexandru Moisiuc, Ryan Speedo Green, Elena Zhidkova, Margaret Plummer, Carlos Osuna, Hila Fahima, Fabiola Varga, conducted by Myng-Whun Chung. Performance from June 21, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

More interesting offerings:<\/h3>\n

1) Glyndebourne Open House<\/strong> this week is Samuel Barber\u2019s iconic Vanessa<\/strong>. Jakub Hr\u016f\u0161a conducts a fine cast headed by Emma Bell as Vanessa, plus Virginie Verrez (Erika), Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol), Rosalind Plowright (Old Baroness), and Donnie Ray Albert (Old Doctor). The stream is available until June 21. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2) Royal Opera House Covent Garden\u2019s #OurHouseToYourHouse<\/strong> continues with Puccini\u2019s Il Trittico<\/strong>, available on demand until June 19. A great cast, with Lucio Gallo and Eva-Maria Westbroek (Il tabarro); Ermonela Jaho (Suor Angelica), and Lucio Gallo (Gianni Schicchi), conducted by Antonio Pappano.<\/p>\n