{"id":96113,"date":"2023-05-08T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=96113"},"modified":"2023-05-08T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:25:18","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-may-8-may-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/05\/08\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-may-8-may-14\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: May 8 \u2013 May 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): COC’s Tosca (Photo: Michael Cooper); Leila Schayegh (Photo courtesy of Tafelmusik); Cantemos Choir (Photo courtesy of the artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between May 8 and May 14, 2022. For more details on what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company\/Tosca<\/h3>\n

Thursday May 11 at 7:30 p.m. (repeats Saturday May 13 & Friday May 19 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday May 21 at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday May 23 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday May 27 at 4:30 p.m.) Four Seasons Centre. $35+<\/p>\n

Sopranos Sin\u00e9ad Campbell-Wallace and Keri Alkema share the role in this remount of the popular Puccini opera. Acclaimed Italian maestro Giuliano Carella conducts, and Scottish opera artist Paul Curran directs. Read our interview with Paul Curran here<\/a><\/strong>. More info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company\/Macbeth<\/h3>\n

Friday May 12 at 7:30 p.m. (repeats Sunday May 14 at 2 p.m. plus May 17 and 20). Four Seasons Centre. $55+<\/p>\n

The COC staging of Verdi\u2019s vigorous early masterpiece features baritone Quinn Kelsey at the head of a strong cast led by the able Speranza Scappucci in the pit. Limited ticket availability. Read our review here<\/a><\/strong>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Upper Canada Choristers\/Cantemos<\/h3>\n

Friday May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Grace Church-on-the-Hill (300 Lonsdale Road). $25<\/p>\n

A mostly Latin American program with piano accompaniment features the premiere of El Pajaro Que Espero (The Bird I Await) by the Venezuelan composer C\u00e9sar Alejandro Carrillo. Kaleidoscopic visuals are promised. Laurie Even Fraser conducts; read our preview and interview with Fraser here<\/a><\/strong>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik\/Leila Schayegh<\/h3>\n

Friday May 12 at 8 p.m. (repeats Saturday May 13 at 2 p.m. and Sunday May 14 at 3 p.m.). Jeanne Lamon Hall. $25+<\/p>\n

The Swiss violinist returns to lead Tafelmusik through a French program including Jean-F\u00e9ry Rebel\u2019s Les \u00c9l\u00e9mens, a suite from Rameau\u2019s Les Indes galantes and the Chaconne from Rameau\u2019s Dardanus. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hannaford Street Silver Band\/Festival Gala<\/h3>\n

Saturday May 13 at 7:30. MacMillan Theatre. $18+<\/p>\n

Cynthia Johnston Turner, dean of music at Wilfrid Laurier University, conducts a program including new works by Marcus Venables and Kristofer Maddigan. There are also performances by various bands from 10 a.m \u2013 5 p.m. Info and tickets here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of May 8 to May 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":96114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,74,76,19,3895,43,49,63],"tags":[628,40560,1515,40620,37910],"yst_prominent_words":[12721,29339,15314,14776,26113,7173,6885,16905,19763,6886,8757,12857,8373,9335],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/CRITICS-PICKS-May-8-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-p0d","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96115,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96113\/revisions\/96115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96113"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=96113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}