{"id":96552,"date":"2023-06-05T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=96552"},"modified":"2023-06-05T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:05:36","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-june-5-june-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/06\/05\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-june-5-june-11\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC&#8217;S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week:  June 5 \u2013 June 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96553\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Critics-picks-June-5-2023.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Vikingur Olafsson (Photo: Ari Magg); Treemonisha graphic courtesy of Luminato Toronto\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Vikingur Olafsson (Photo: Ari Magg); Treemonisha graphic courtesy of Luminato Toronto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between June 5 and June 11, 2023. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson\/Gustavo Gimeno<\/h3>\n<p>Wednesday June 7 at 8 p.m. (repeats Thursday June 8 at 8 p.m. and Saturday June 10 at 8 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall. $35+<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile Deutsche Grammophon artist plays Mozart\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor in a Gimeno-led program featuring a new work by another Icelander, Dan\u00edel Bjarnason, and Berlioz\u2019s Symphonie fantastique. Plus a celebration prelude by the Metis composer Eliot Britton. More info <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tso.ca\/concerts-and-events\/events\/symphonie-fantastique-mozart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Luminato\/Treemonisha<\/h3>\n<p>Saturday June 10 at 8 p.m. (repeats Sunday June 11 at 4 p.m. and June 14-17). Previews June 6 at 2 p.m., June 7 at 8 p.m. and June 8 at 8 p.m.). Bluma Appel Theatre. $30+<\/p>\n<p>Scott Joplin\u2019s nearly-lost opera of 1911 is refitted for Luminato by a predominantly Black female creative team with a new libretto and a modified score. Canadian soprano Neema Bickersteth leads an all-Black cast in the title role. A black-and-gold dress code applies to the gala opening on Saturday. Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/05\/09\/preview-luminato-festival-toronto-live-present-world-premiere-scott-joplins-treemonisha-reimagined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profile here<\/a>; more info <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/luminatofestival.com\/event\/treemonisha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of June 5 to June 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":96553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,76,19,3895,43,63],"tags":[2030,40624,2949,5064],"yst_prominent_words":[8345,20747,27587,20146],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Critics-picks-June-5-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-p7i","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96552"}],"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=96552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96554,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96552\/revisions\/96554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96552"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=96552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}