{"id":70152,"date":"2021-01-11T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=70152"},"modified":"2021-01-11T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T17:02:27","slug":"critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-streaming-edition-january-11-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/01\/11\/critics-picks-virtual-concerts-absolutely-need-see-week-streaming-edition-january-11-17\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Virtual Concerts You Absolutely Need To See This Week (Streaming Edition January 11 \u2013 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of January 11 \u2013 17.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (January 11 – 17)<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe live in an extraordinary Age\u201d \u2013 Carl Sagan<\/em>. Now that we are into the second full week of 2021, the new year is not off to a good start, and a return to anything resembling normality seems a long way off. The Op\u00e9ra Royal de Wallonie-Li\u00e8ge cancelled concerts by Juan Diego Fl\u00f3rez (Jan. 8) and Jonas Kaufmann (Jan. 10) due to pandemic measures by the government of Belgium. In Germany, opera houses in Darmstadt, Kassel, Wiesbaden, Marburg and Gie\u00dfen will remain closed until Easter. The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that it has cancelled all performances until at least Jan. 28, on order from the Austrian federal government.<\/p>\n

Adding insult to injury, a snowstorm, Filomena, dumped more than a foot of snow on Madrid, forcing the cancellation of the final performance of Don Giovanni<\/em> on January 9 at the Teatro Real. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, we just got depressing news. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says that Americans, and by extension likely Canadians, should not expect to attend full concerts until the end of summer.<\/p>\n

The theme this week in the Met nightly streams, its 44th, is \u201cRenee Fleming Week.\u201d A bit of trivia \u2014 Fleming won the 1988 Met Auditions, the same year as Ben Heppner. Opera Hamilton has the distinction of being the only Canadian opera company to have snagged Fleming, as the Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro<\/em> in 1991, before she became famous and unaffordable! Canadians featured in the Met streams are tenors Michael Schade and Joseph Kaiser, baritone Russell Braun, and bass John Relyea. For Video On Demand, it\u2019s a mix of the unusual with the tried and true.<\/p>\n

Monday 11<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Wiener Staatsoper | Don Carlo<\/strong> \u2014\u00a01 p.m. ET. Marco Armiliato conducts a performance from Feb. 25, 2015. Particularly memorable is the Rodrigo of the late Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Stefano Secco sings Carlo, joined by Maria Pia Piscitelli (Elisabetta), B\u00e9atrice Uria-Monzon (Eboli), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Filippo), and Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore). Free registration required. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Met | Mozart\u2019s Le Nozze di Figaro<\/strong>. Starring Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Susanne Mentzer, Dwayne Croft, and Bryn Terfel, conducted by James Levine. From November 11, 1998. Fantastic cast and not to be missed! | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 12<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met | Massenet\u2019s Tha\u00efs<\/strong>. Starring Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Michael Schade, and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez-Cobos. From December 20, 2008. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 13<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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

Thursday 14<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Met | Rossini\u2019s Armida<\/strong>. Starring Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn, Barry Banks, and Kobie van Rensburg, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. From May 1, 2010. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | R. Strauss\u2019s Capriccio<\/strong>. Starring Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen, and Peter Rose, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. From April 23, 2011. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony | Symmetry: Bach & Math<\/strong> \u2014 8 p.m. ET. The KWS take look at the connections between Bach and math. Features interpretations and explanations by Professor Fran\u00e7ois Bergeron from the Department of Mathematics at l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

San Francisco Opera | Romeo et Juliette<\/strong> \u2014 7 a.m. ET. An ungodly hour for those in the east coast, but worth it! From SFO\u2019s 2019 season, it stars Nadine Sierra and Pene Pati in their role debuts. Lucas Meacham is Mercutio. Canadian Yves Abel conducts. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music | 21C Music Festival<\/strong> \u2014\u00a05 p.m. ET. Eve Egoyan performs the world premiere of Seven Studies for Augmented Piano, a work she created for \u201ca newly imagined instrument that delves into the space between what a piano can do and what Eve has always wished a piano could do.\u201d The stream also includes the world premiere of a short video by Su Rynard: \u00c9tudes for Augmented Piano. Stream available for seven days. Tickets: $15. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Met | Handel\u2019s Rodelinda.<\/strong> Starring Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Stephanie Blythe, Andreas Scholl, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Kaiser, and Shenyang, conducted by Harry Bicket. From December 3, 2011. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Met | Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Rusalka<\/strong>. Starring Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Emily Magee, Dolora Zajick, Piotr Becza\u0142a, and John Relyea, conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. From February 8, 2014. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Video-on-demand performances:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1) Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall | Philharmoniker: Our history.<\/strong> A must-see for fans of this great orchestra, a film by Eric Schulz on its history. Part 1: The orchestra\u2019s early years; Part 2: The West Berlin years; Part 3: Turning point. Pay per view (7-day access) is \u20ac9.90. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2) Wigmore Hall | Sir Andras Schiff<\/strong>. Streamed Jan. 7 and now on demand, Sir Andr\u00e1s performs a program dedicated to Bach, including his Capriccio in B flat, and his Italian Concerto.<\/p>\n