{"id":96194,"date":"2023-05-15T10:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=96194"},"modified":"2023-05-15T10:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:43:12","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-may-15-may-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/05\/15\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-may-15-may-21\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: May 15 \u2013 May 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Roland Wood as Scarpia and Sin\u00e9ad Campbell-Wallace as Tosca in the Canadian Opera Company\u2019s 2023 production (Photo: Michael Cooper); Lute Legends (Photo courtesy of the Small Ensembles Festival); The witches from the Canadian Opera Company\u2019s Macbeth (Photo: Michael Cooper)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between May 15 and May 21, 2023. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Wednesday May 17 at 7:30 p.m. (repeats Saturday May 20 at 4:30 p.m.). Four Seasons Centre. $65+<\/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>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Friday May 19 at 7:30 and Sunday May 21 at 2 p.m., (repeats May 23 and 27). 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>, and Joseph So\u2019s review here<\/a>. More info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Music Toronto\/Celebration of Small Ensembles<\/h3>\n

Saturday May 20 at 5 p.m. Aperture Room (340 Yonge St.). $45.20 (students $22.60)<\/p>\n

Music Toronto tries on a new concept in a new space \u2014 the Aperture Room in the heritage Thornton-Smith Building at Yonge St. and Elm St. The performers are the Lute Legends Collective, the K\u00f6NG (percussion) Duo and the Dior String Quartet. Read our preview here<\/a>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Arraymusic\/David Schotzko\/Rick Sacks<\/h3>\n

Saturday May 20 7:30 p.m. Arrayspace (155 Walnut Ave.). $20\/pay what you can<\/p>\n

The venerable new-music collective celebrates its 50th anniversary season with a duo percussion program including works by Linda Smith, Tim Parkinson, Michael Oesterle and Anne Southam. A livestream is available, as well as tickets to the live performance. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of May 15 to May 21, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":96195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,76,19,3895,38,43,63],"tags":[40630,40616,4467,40621,34288],"yst_prominent_words":[10292,7173,7140,6885,8540,19763,9352,6886,8541,10287,8757,9351,6911,9335,19068],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/CRITICS-PICKS-May-15-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-p1w","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96194"}],"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=96194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96197,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96194\/revisions\/96197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96194"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=96194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}