{"id":70832,"date":"2021-04-12T09:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T13:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=70832"},"modified":"2021-04-12T09:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T13:58:33","slug":"critics-picks-classical-and-opera-streams-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-april-12-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/04\/12\/critics-picks-classical-and-opera-streams-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-april-12-18\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical And Opera Streams You Absolutely Need To See This Week: April 12\u201318"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events streaming on the web for the week of April 12 \u2013 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (April 12 – 18)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe live in an extraordinary Age\u201d \u2014 Carl Sagan.<\/em> COVID-19 continues to decimate the music world, now with the dreaded third wave \u2014 even the fourth in some cases \u2014 made more lethal by new variants. Virtually all European venues are closed to live audiences, with France, Germany and Italy in lockdown. Austria\u2019s Salzburg Easter Festival will now coincide with All Saint\u2019s Day on November 1, with a revised program to be announced in May. At press time, the Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival is going ahead for an in-person festival (July 5-Aug 2), despite the Czech Republic having the highest number of cases per million population of any country in the world. The Polish National Opera has cancelled all performances. Munich\u2019s Bayerische Staatsoper has cancelled its La Traviata<\/em> (April 9, 11, 15). Like La Scala, the Royal Swedish Opera is faced with a COVID outbreak of 15 cases.<\/p>\n

In Spain, the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sof\u00eda in Valencia has rescheduled Daniele Gatti\u2019s Verdi Requiem<\/em> to July 1 and the upcoming Tristan und Isolde<\/em> will be replaced by Falstaff,<\/em> due to the large orchestra and chorus requirements for Wagner. Spain is literally alone in Europe still have very limited performances for live audiences, with Barcelona\u2019s Gran Teatre del Liceu scheduled to stage Otello<\/em> for an audience of 1,000, a risky proposition to say the least. Last week, it was reported that the Teatro Real de Madrid has delayed the opening of Peter Grimes<\/em> from April 8 to 19, due to COVID travel restrictions of the British artists. Now the news came out that 20 members of the production team having caught COVID during rehearsals.<\/p>\n

France has a new lockdown for the next three weeks, with the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris cancelling all performances to May 2. It streamed Faust<\/em> from the Op\u00e9ra Bastille on March 26, accessible on France 5, made available on Culturebox for six months. The Op\u00e9ra Comique cancelled La Belle H\u00e9l\u00e8ne<\/em> in March starring Canadian mezzo Marie\u2013Nicole Lemieux. Toulouse\u2019s Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Capitole remains closed, cancelling the scheduled Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>. Op\u00e9ra de Rouen Normandie has cancelled all performances in March. The Theater an der Wien, Vienna\u2019s third opera house, is closed until further notice.<\/p>\n

After a successful streaming of the Ring, San Francisco Opera followed with Don Pasquale<\/em> (April 3-4), The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em> (April 10-11), and Don Carlo<\/em> (April 17-18). LA Opera is launching a Signature Recital Series<\/em> online, to showcase singers the likes of Russell Thomas, J\u2019Nai Bridges, Christine Goerke, Julia Bullock, and Susan Graham, in venues across the country and in Europe, available on-demand. Houston Grand Opera presents My Favorite Things: Songs from The Sound of Music<\/em> on May 8, a singalong\/fundraiser featuring members of the cast from the full production.<\/p>\n

Looking further into the future, two orchestras have announced its summer plans: LA Philharmonic reopens the Hollywood Bowl in July, Cleveland Orchestra returns to the Blossom Festival on July 11, and the Glyndebourne Festival announced its program of four operas and a concert series (May 20 \u2013 August 29). Now in its 56th week, the Met\u2019s nightly free streaming continues with \u201cOnce Upon A Time,\u201d with operas based on fairy tales and other legends. All Met streams start at 7:30 p.m. ET and remain available for 23 hours. The Met has also announced two new Met Stars Live in Concert: Wagnerians in Concert<\/em> (Christine Goerke, Elza van den Heever, Andreas Schager, and Michael Volle) on May 8, and The Three Divas<\/em> (Ailyn Perez, Nadine Sierra, and Isabel Leonard) on May 22.<\/p>\n

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

Wiener Staatsoper | Puccini\u2019s Tosca<\/strong> \u2014 1 p.m. ET This Tosca production is 64 years young and still loved. Performance from Feb. 17, 2019, with a great cast: Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, and American baritone Thomas Hampson. Marco Armiliato conducts. Free stream with registration. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Met | Massenet\u2019s Cendrillon<\/strong>\u00a0Starring Kathleen Kim, Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Stephanie Blythe, and Laurent Naouri, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Laurent Pelly. From April 28, 2018. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Met | Tchaikovsky\u2019s Iolanta \/ Bart\u00f3k\u2019s Bluebeard\u2019s Castle<\/strong>\u00a0Starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Becza\u0142a in Iolanta, and Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko in Bluebeard\u2019s Castle, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Production by Mariusz Treli\u0144ski. From February 14, 2015. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Met | Mozart\u2019s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/strong>\u00a0Starring Golda Schultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castronovo, Markus Werba, and Ren\u00e9 Pape, conducted by James Levine. Production by Julie Taymor. From October 14, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Royal Conservatory of Music | ARC Ensemble: Ottoman Treasures<\/strong> \u2014 3 p.m. ET ARC stands for Artists of the Royal Conservatory, in a program of works by Alberto Hemsi. Marie B\u00e9rard, violin, Erika Raum, violin, Emily Kruspe, violin, Steven Dann, viola, Julien Altmann, viola. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Met | Humperdinck\u2019s Hansel and Gretel<\/strong>\u00a0Starring Judith Blegen, Frederica von Stade, Jean Kraft, Rosalind Elias, and Michael Devlin, conducted by Thomas Fulton. Production by Nathaniel Merrill. From December 25, 1982. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Toronto Summer Music Festival | Masterclass with Jonathan Crow<\/strong> \u2014 2:30 p.m. ET Violinist Jonathan Crow, TSO Concertmaster and Artistic Director of TSMF, teaching three Young Artist Award recipients (Emily Wang, Philip Wang, and Cynthia Ding) from the recent Play Along with Jonathan Crow Challenge created in partnership with the TSO. Free Registration required. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra | Virtual Chamber Fest<\/strong> \u2014 10 p.m. ET This festival opens with a free livestream of Mozart\u2019s Clarinet Quintet in A Major, featuring Jeanette Jonquil, clarinet; Timothy Steeves, Carina Vincenti, violins; Katrina Chitty, viola; and Henry Shapard, cello. Six additional performance will be available the following day. Subscription is $12.99\/month or get a 30-day pass for $15.99. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Met | Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Rusalka<\/strong> Starring Kristine Opolais, Katarina Dalayman, Jamie Barton, Brandon Jovanovich, and Eric Owens, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. Production by Mary Zimmerman. From February 25, 2017. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

San Francisco Opera | Don Carlo<\/strong> \u2014 1 p.m. ET. Great cast! Michael Fabiano (Carlo), Ana Maria Martinez (Elisabetta), Nadia Krasteva (Eboli), Rene Pape (King Philip), and Mariusz Kwiecien (Rodrigo). Nicola Luisotti conducts. Free stream available until 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday. Free registration required. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Met | Puccini\u2019s Turandot<\/strong>\u00a0Starring Eva Marton, Leona Mitchell, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, and Paul Plishka, conducted by James Levine. Production by Franco Zeffirelli. From April 4, 1987. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Carnegie Hall | Ute Lemper: Songs for Eternity<\/strong> \u2014 8 p.m. ET The great chanteuse performs songs composed in concentration camps during the Holocaust. With chamber ensemble and sung in Yiddish and German. Available on demand until May 31. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Met | Rossini\u2019s La Cenerentola<\/strong>\u00a0Starring Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Fl\u00f3rez, Pietro Spagnoli, Alessandro Corbelli, and Luca Pisaroni, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Production by Cesare Lievi. From May 10, 2014. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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

1) Wigmore Hall | Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu<\/strong>\u00a0German baritone Benjamin Appl was to have sung at the Toronto Summer Music Festival if it weren\u2019t for the pandemic. This is a chance for us to hear him live on the internet, from London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, in a program of Schumann (both Robert and Clara), Mendelssohn, Alma Mahler, Nadia Boulanger and others. James Baillieu is the pianist. Available afterwards for 30 days.<\/p>\n