Whatâs happening in the arts world
Updated April 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
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MUSIC
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DREAMERâS CIRCUS Celebrity Series presents a prerecorded concert from Copenhagen by this vibrant Danish trio. Consisting of fiddler Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen (also of the Danish String Quartet), pianist/accordionist Nikolaj Busk, and Nordic cittern player Ale Carr, the band is steeped in Nordic folk music traditions but never hesitant to give them its own distinctive spin. Live Q&A with the artists afterward.
April 9, 7:30 p.m. Watchable until April 15.
ABOLITION 2021 Abolition Apostles is hosting four concerts across the next four Fridays to raise funds for a hospitality house for families and allies of people incarcerated at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary. Among the participating performers: Kronos Quartet, The War and Treaty, Boots Riley, Brandi Carlile, Sam Amidon, Adrianne Lenker, and Vijay Iyer.
Rescue, as well as traditional and popular songs. View here for three days.
7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Verdi’s
Luisa Miller. Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Alexander Vinogradov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Elijah Moshinsky. From April 14, 2018. View here and for 24 hours.
8 pm ET: Seattle Opera presents
The Big Opera Show. A journey through Seattle Opera s upcoming season featuring special guests and a performance by tenor, Lawrence Brownlee, who got his start in Seattle Opera’s young artist program.
The Big Opera Show is hosted by actor, director, and emcee Rebecca M. Davis with performers including Kenneth Kellogg and Karen Vuong. No fee to attend but donations made during the event will allow Seattle Opera to keep singing until it is safe to gather again. Register and view here.