{"id":68412,"date":"2020-06-22T10:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68412"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:02:07","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/06\/22\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-2\/","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 22 \u2013 28.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (June 22 – 28)<\/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<\/a><\/span> 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, Canadian Opera Company, Amici Chamber Ensemble, and of course the Screaming Divas.<\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Verdi\u2019s La Traviata \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Nicola Luisotti. From March 11, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Mussorgsky & Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s Chowanschtschina \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Ferruccio Furlanetto, Christopher Ventris, Herbert Lippert, Andrzej Dobber, Ain Anger, Elena Maximova, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. From Nov. 21, 2014. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream: The Ensemble Presents Slavic Repertory \u201cKuda, kuda\u201d \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Arias, duets and ensembles from Rusalka, Eugen Onegin, Iolanta, Pique Dame, Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzy, Das Schneefl\u00f6ckchen, and Aleko. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | John Adams\u2019s Doctor Atomic \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Sasha Cooke, Thomas Glenn, Gerald Finley, and Richard Paul Fink, conducted by Alan Gilbert. From November 8, 2008. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019s Samson et Dalila \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. El\u012bna Garan\u010da, Roberto Alagna, Laurent Naouri, Elchin Azizov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. From October 20, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Bellini\u2019s La Sonnambula \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET).<\/strong> Luca Pisaroni, Rosie Aldridge, Daniela Fally, Juan Diego Fl\u00f3rez, Maria Nazarova, Manuel Walser, Hacik Bayvertian, conducted by Guillermo Garcia Calvo. From Jan. 13, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 25<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Massenet\u2019s Manon \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Carlo Bosi, Artur Ruci\u0144ski, Brett Polegato, and Kwangchul Youn, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From October 26, 2019. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Excerpts from Nurejev Galas \u201cNurejev Moments\u201d \u2014 8:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Program contents unavailable at press time. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream Krassimira Stoyanova Recital \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Ludmil Angelov, piano. Program contents unavailable at press time. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 26<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Donizetti\u2019s L\u2019Elisir d\u2019Amore \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons, and Enzo Dara, conducted by James Levine. From November 16, 1991. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Gottfried von Einem\u2019s Danton\u2019s Tod \u2014 1:00 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Benjamin Bruns, Tomasz Konieczny, Michael Laurenz, Thomas Ebenstein, Olga Bezsmertna, conducted by Dan Ettinger. From May 29, 2019. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Opera Revue<\/strong> | Toronto\u2019s Opera Revue have been presenting opera and art\u00a0song\u00a0in casual environments with weekly mini-concerts online. Friday marks their 15th video in their Isolation Series since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. The latest video features a mini-concert of four songs (soprano\/piano) each one with a guest instrumentalist recorded from isolation and edited together. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Metropolitan Opera | Massenet\u2019s Cendrillon \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Kathleen Kim, Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Stephanie Blythe, and Laurent Naouri, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. From April 28, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Don Carlo \u2014 10:00 a.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Anja Harteros, Ren\u00e9 Pape, Ram\u00f3n Vargas, Ludovic T\u00e9zier, Alexandru Moisiuc, Jongmin Park, B\u00e9atrice Uria-Monzon, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From June 2, 2016. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Live Stream Gala Concert of the Wiener Staatsoper Ensemble \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Valentina Naforni\u0163a, Chen Reiss, Stephanie Houtzeel, Margarita Gritskova, Rachel Frenkel, Tomasz Konieczny, Benjamin Bruns, Alessio Arduini, Samuel Hasselhorn, Jongmin Park, Adam Plachetka, J\u00f6rg Schneider. Conducted by Marco Armiliato and Adam Fischer. Program details unavailable at press time. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Metropolitan Opera | Mozart\u2019s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te \u2014 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Golda Schultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castronovo, Markus Werba, Christian Van Horn, and Ren\u00e9 Pape, conducted by James Levine. From October 14, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vienna State Opera | Le Corsaire (ballet) \u2014 1:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. Robert Gabdullin, Maria Yakovleva, Liudmila Konovalova, Kirill Kourlaev, Davide Dato, Alice Firenze, Mihail Sosnovschi, conducted by Valery Ovsyanikov. From April 2, 2016 | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Amici Chamber Ensemble | Celebrating Canada \u2014 3:00 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>. I attended this wonderful concert live, and now we can relive it with this virtual streaming. Soprano Mireille Asselin joins Amici Chamber Ensemble in an eclectic celebratory program of works by Beethoven, Joni Mitchell, Ernest Seitz, Leonard Cohen and others. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Other interesting offerings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1) Royal Opera House Covent Garden\u2019s #OurHouseToYourHouse<\/strong> presents Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/strong>. Julia Jones conducts the David McVicar production starring Siobhan Stagg (Pamina), Mauro Peter (Tamino), Roderick Williams (Papageno), Sabine Devieilhe (Queen of the Night), and Mika Kares (Sarastro). Available to July 3.<\/p>\n