{"id":68833,"date":"2020-08-10T09:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68833"},"modified":"2020-08-10T09:27:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:27:18","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/08\/10\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-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 August 10 \u2013 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (August 10 – 16)<\/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. We are now in the Dog Days of Summer, and the end of the pandemic is nowhere in sight. Music is never more important than now, to soothe the ear and nourish the soul. A few companies have cut back on their streaming, but not the Metropolitan Opera, thanks to its enormous archives. Now into its 22nd week of nightly streaming, it still has plenty to offer. Some companies have gone to a pay-per-view model, or to a series subscription basis. Met streams start at 7:30 p.m. ET and remain available for 23 hours with an occasional exception. The COC is prominently featured this week with the streaming of Hadrian. Several members of the COC Ensemble Studio are interviewed by the Screaming Divas. Other interesting shows include Glimmerglass Opera, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Glyndebourne Open House, Bayreuth\/DG Stage, Bach-Archiv Leipzig, and others.<\/p>\n

Monday 10<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met | Puccini\u2019s Manon Lescaut<\/strong> Karita Mattila, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by James Levine. From February 16, 2008. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company | Hadrian 6:30 p.m. ET<\/strong>. The COC, in partnership with Montr\u00e9al Pride Festival, presents a stream of this Rufus Wainwright opera, with Thomas Hampson, Isaiah Bell and Karita Mattila, followed by a live Q&A with Wainwright, librettist Daniel MacIvor, and director Peter Hinton. Watch the stream here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Q&A below:<\/p>\n