Upcoming Livestreams

Here are several upcoming livestreams that are awfully close to the don't-miss category for me. First, we've got hot and cold running Trittico performances, then a pair of great works by Philip Glass.

• In 2009, San Francisco Opera performed a modern-dress Il Trittico with Patricia Racette in the three leading female roles. She was especially great in Suor Angelica, where Ewa Podles was her terrifying aunt, and in Gianni Schicchi, which I think is the funniest hour of opera ever written. Her accomplices included the wonderful Paolo Gavanelli as Michele in Il Tabarro and the title character in Gianni Schicchi, Brandon Jovanovich, David Lomeli, Meredith Arwady, Andrea Silvestrelli, Catherine Cook, and others, many others. The production came from NYCO, so the likelihood is that it is gone gone gone. I loved this production so much I saw it three times. SFO streams this production from their home page on Saturday, June 13, at 10 AM Pacific Time. If you're a subscriber or donor, it will be available to you past the initial window; just log in with your SFO account.
• The Royal Opera is streaming another modern-dress Il Trittico, this one by Richard Jones, on YouTube. It's running until June 19. Annoyingly, their site doesn't have the full cast list...
• The Met is streaming Akhnaten and Satyagraha next week, on the 19th and 20th. I saw Akhnaten on the big screen in the HD Live series, and the same Satyagraha production a couple of years ago at LA Opera. Both are Phelim McDermott productions, and they're excellent.