{"id":96634,"date":"2023-06-12T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=96634"},"modified":"2023-06-12T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T20:52:13","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-june-12-june-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/06\/12\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-june-12-june-18\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: June 12 \u2013 June 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yuja Wang (Photo: Julia Wesely); A Dragon’s Tale (Image courtesy of Luminato); Treemonisha (Image courtesy of Luminato)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between June 12 and June 18, 2023. For more details on what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Luminato\/Treemonisha<\/h3>\n

Wednesday June 14 at 8 p.m. (repeats Thursday June 15 at 8 p.m., Friday June 16 at 8 p.m. and Saturday June 17 at 8 p.m.). Bluma Appel Theatre. $30+<\/p>\n

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. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Yuja Wang\/Gustavo Gimeno<\/h3>\n

Friday June 16 at 7:30 p.m. (repeats Saturday June 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday June 18 at 3 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall. Sold out.<\/p>\n

The last classical outings of the TSO season feature no less a star than Yuja Wang in Rachmaninoff\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 3. Gustavo Gimeno leads Shostakovich\u2019s Symphony No. 1 plus Next Generation commissions from Matthew-John Knights, Fj\u00f3la Evans and Luis Ramirez. Turn up by 1:45 p.m. on Sunday for a chamber mini-program including a trio of titled TSO musicians playing Erwin Schulhoff\u2019s Concertino for flute, viola and double bass. The concerts are officially sold out but it does not hurt to check with the box office. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Luminato\/Dragon\u2019s Tale<\/h3>\n

Thursday June 15 at 8 p.m. (repeats Friday June 16 at 8 p.m., Saturday June 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday June 18 at 8 p.m.). Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage (235 Queen\u2019s Quay W.). Free.<\/p>\n

Chan Ka Nin (music) and Mark Brownell (libretto) have created a then-and-now opera exploring \u201cthe rich and sometimes tense dynamics of first and second-generation immigrants\u201d through an ancient Chinese fable and the journey of a modern Chinese-Canadian woman. Tapestry Opera\u2019s Michael Hidetoshi does the directing. David Fallis conducts Choir 21 and Ensemble Soundstreams. This Soundstreams co-production is an outdoor show by the water. Info here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of June 12 to June 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":96635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,76,19,3895,43,59,63],"tags":[2032,40624,3642],"yst_prominent_words":[8345],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/CRITICS-PICKS-June-12-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-p8C","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96634"}],"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=96634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96649,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96634\/revisions\/96649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96634"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=96634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}