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It is a record of concert events we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or fascinated with attending between Oct. 16 and Oct. 23, 2023. For extra of what’s occurring round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/James Ehnes/Gustavo Gimeno
Thursday Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. and Saturday Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Corridor. $35+
James Ehnes applies his Grammy-winning chops to Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto. Different choices on this mostly-North American program led by Gustavo Gimeno are by José White Lafitte, Karen Sunabacka and Silvestre Revueltas (Sensemayá). Additionally heard are Barber’s Adagio and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Facet Story. Data right here.
Canadian Opera Firm/Fidelio
Wednesday Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. 4 Seasons Centre. $55+
Two performances stay of this San Francisco manufacturing that transports Beethoven’s opera to a contemporary jail. Johannes Debus conducts. Learn our evaluation right here. Data right here.
Canadian Opera Firm/La Bohème
Thursday Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 22 at 2:30 p.m. 4 Seasons Centre. Standing room $12 (day of efficiency).
Jordan de Sousa conducts this revival of a 2013 COC manufacturing of the Puccini favorite. Tenor Pene Pati and soprano Amina Edris are Rodolfo and Mimí on Thursday and Saturday. Kang Wang and Jonelle Sills are heard within the Sunday matinée. The performances are bought out or nearly. Attempt standing room. Learn our evaluation right here. Data right here.
Sinfonia Toronto/Elisso Gogibedaschwili/Beethoven 5
Saturday Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. George Weston Recital Corridor. $52, seniors $40, college students $20.
The opening of Sinfonia Toronto’s twenty fifth anniversary season contains what’s billed because the Canadian premiere of the Violin Concerto No. 2 by the Georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili (1924-89) with the Austrian violinist Elisso Gogibedaschwili as soloist. The nearer is Beethoven’s Fifth in a model for strings. Nurhan Arman conducts; learn our interview with him right here. Data right here.
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Arthur Kaptainis has been the classical music critic of the Montreal Gazette since 1986 and wrote for the Nationwide Put up 2010-2016. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale in addition to Ludwig Van. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the College of Toronto.
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