{"id":68691,"date":"2020-07-20T10:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68691"},"modified":"2020-07-20T10:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:14:28","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/07\/20\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-5\/","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 July 20 \u2013 26.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (July 20 \u2013 26)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe live in an extraordinary Age\u201d \u2013 Carl Sagan.<\/em> Since early spring of 2020, a tiny previously unknown virus, COVID-19, has shut down our musical life, hopefully only temporarily. As we approach the half-year mark of the pandemic, the end is not yet in sight. Thankfully, there is no shortage of classical music online to soothe the ear and nourish the soul. The premiere of Met Stars Live in Concert opened triumphantly, with Jonas Kaufmann in spectacular voice. If you miss it, you can still access this, plus 11 concerts to come in the next four months, on a pay-per-view basis of $20 each. The Bayreuth Festival online (4.90 Euros per show) starts this week. Meanwhile, the Met and other companies continue with free streaming. Met streams start at 7:30 p.m. ET and remain available for 23 hours. The Toronto Summer Music Festival (July 16 \u2013 August 1) is online with a full slate of new content, while the Lanaudiere Festival (free registration required) offers performances from its archives. Plenty of other interesting events this week, including Glyndebourne, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, and more.<\/p>\n

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

Met | Rossini\u2019s Il Barbiere di Siviglia<\/strong> Isabel Leonard, Lawrence Brownlee, Christopher Maltman, and Maurizio Muraro, conducted by Michele Mariotti. From November 22, 2014. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Wagner\u2019s Tannh\u00e4user<\/strong> \u00c9va Marton, Tatiana Troyanos, Richard Cassilly, Bernd Weikl, and John Macurdy, conducted by James Levine. From December 20, 1982. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Verdi\u2019s Macbeth<\/strong> Maria Guleghina, Dimitri Pittas, \u017deljko Lu\u010di\u0107, and John Relyea, conducted by James Levine. From January 12, 2008. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Gounod\u2019s Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/strong> Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Nathan Gunn, and Robert Lloyd, conducted by Pl\u00e1cido Domingo. From December 15, 2007. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

TSM Online Festival | Bach and Beethoven \u2014 7:45 ET<\/strong>. Andrew Wan, violin; Brian Manker, cello; Philip Chiu, piano join forces for a program of Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004, and Beethoven: Sonata for Piano & Cello in A major, Op. 69. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Verdi\u2019s Falstaff<\/strong> Mirella Freni, Barbara Bonney, Marilyn Horne, Bruno Pola, and Paul Plishka, conducted by James Levine. From October 10, 1992. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lanaudiere Festival | Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major Op. 25, Peter and the Wolf \u2014\u00a07:30 p.m.<\/strong> The Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain and narrator Kim Yaroshevskaya, conducted by Agnes Grossmann. Performance from July 28, 1991. Free registration required. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Strauss\u2019s Der Rosenkavalier<\/strong> Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Christine Sch\u00e4fer, Susan Graham, and Kristinn Sigmundsson, conducted by Edo de Waart. From January 9, 2010. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lanaudiere Festival | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 \u2014 7:30 ET.<\/strong> Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al conducted by Kent Nagano. Performance from August 9, 2014. Free registration required. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Bayreuth Festival | Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg \u2014\u00a02.00 pm ET<\/strong>. The venerable Wagner festival kicks off its pay-per-view streaming (4.90 Euros\/ticket) in grand style, with Barry Kosky\u2019s strikingly original production of Die Meistersinger, conducted by Philippe Jordan. It stars Michael Volle (Hans Sachs), Gunther Groissb\u00f6ck (Pogner), Johannes Martin Kr\u00e4nzle (Beckmesser), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther), Daniel Behle (David) and Anne Schwanewilms (Eva). | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

TSM Online Festival | Dover Quartet \u2014 7:45 p.m. ET.<\/strong> Filmed in Vail, Colorado, the Dover Quartet plays Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C Minor K546, and Beethoven\u2019s String Quartet in E Minor Op. 59 no. 2 \u201cRasumovsky.\u201d | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

San Francisco Opera | Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s The Makropoulos Case \u2014 1:00 p.m. ET.<\/strong> A 2010 co-production with Finnish National Opera. This performance stars Finnish soprano Karita Mattila in her role debut as Emilia Marty. Also appearing are Slovak tenor Miroslav Dvorsky (Albert Gregor), German bass-baritone Gerd Grochowski (Baron Jaroslav Prus), and America bass-baritone Dale Travis (Dr. Kolenat\u00fd). The late Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek conducts. Available to view until midnight Sunday July 26. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Puccini\u2019s La Fanciulla del West<\/strong> Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, and \u017deljko Lu\u010di\u0107, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From October 27, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lanaudiere Festival | Gwyneth Jones in Concert \u2014 3:30 p.m. ET.<\/strong> The Welsh diva sings a program of Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, L\u00e9har, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Simon Streatfield conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Qu\u00e9bec. Performance from August 23, 1988. Available for 48 hours. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

More interesting choices (video on demand)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1) Royal Opera Covent Garden\u2019s #OurHouseToYourHouse<\/strong> presents Gounod\u2019s Faust<\/strong>, with a great cast – Michael Fabiano (Faust), Erwin Schrott (M\u00e9phistoph\u00e9l\u00e8s0, Irina Lungu (Marguerite) and St\u00e9phane Degout (Valentin). Dan Ettinger conducts. Available on-demand until July 31, 2020.<\/p>\n