Schedule of Events
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All venues are located in Boston, Massachusetts, unless otherwise stated. Programs, artists, dates, and venues subject to change.
| SUNDAY, JUNE 12 | |
| 3:10pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College (CMT), 219 Tremont Street |
| 3:30pm | OPERA: Opening Performance of Agostino Steffani's Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Niobe, Queen of Thebes), CMT |
| 7pm | GALA OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION, St. James Room, Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, 138 St. James Avenue |
| MONDAY, JUNE 13 | |
| 8pm | CONCERT: Les Voix Baroques, directed by Stephen Stubbs: Canticum Canticorum—The Song of Songs, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall (JH), 30 Gainsborough Street |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 14 | |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 8pm | CONCERT: The King's Singers: Triumphes—Renaissance Conquests in Love and War, JH |
| 11:15pm | CONCERT: Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord: Ovid’s Harpsichord: Cembalo Metamorphosis, Emmanuel Church (EC), 15 Newbury Street |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 | |
| 9am-10am | BEMF LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION by Ben Harms: Historical Timpani, Part One: Silver Kettles, Donkey Skins, Snares, and Trumpet Bells: Timpani Construction through the 19th century, Exeter Room, 6th Floor, Radisson Hotel Boston, 200 Stuart Street |
| 10am-5pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 2pm-4pm | MASTERCLASS: Phoebe Carrai, violoncello, Goethe-Institut Boston (GI), 170 Beacon Street |
| 5pm | CONCERT: Ensemble Lucidarium directed by Avery Gosfield & Francis Biggi: Ninfale—Ovid, poetry, and music in Italy at the end of the Middle Ages, JH |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 8pm | CONCERT: Boston Camerata, directed by Anne |
| 11:15pm | CONCERT: Quicksilver, directed by Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski: Stile Moderno: The New Science of Music in Italy, EC |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 16 | |
| 9am-10am | BEMF LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION by Ben Harms: Historical Timpani, Part Two: The Secret Art of Embellishment and Improvisation, Exeter Room, 6th Floor, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 9:30am-12 noon | BEMF Organ Mini-Festival: Part One: James David Christie & Luca Guglielmi, Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
| 9:30am-11am | DANCE WORKSHOP, directed by BEMF Choreographers Caroline Copeland & Carlos Fittante: Session I, Emmanuel Church Music Room (ECMR), 15Newbury Street |
| 10am-6pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 11am-1pm | MASTERCLASS: Erin Headley & Christel Thielmann, violas da gamba, GI |
| 11:30am-1pm | DANCE WORKSHOP, directed by BEMF Choreographers Caroline Copeland & Carlos Fittante: Session II, ECMR |
| 2pm-4pm | MASTERCLASS: Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Baroque oboe, GI |
| 2pm-4:30pm | BEMF Organ Mini-Festival: Part Two: William Porter, First Lutheran Church (FLC), 299 Berkeley Street |
| 5pm | CONCERT: Jordi Savall, treble viols, with guest artists Paul O’Dette, lute, and Shane Shanahan, percussion: The Celtic Viol—An Homage to Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions, JH |
| 8pm | CONCERT: BEMF Orchestra, directed by Robert Mealy,with guest artist Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord: The Orchestra at Play: Festive Concertos, Suites, and Sinfonias by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and Vivaldi, JH |
| 11pm | CONCERT: Paul O'Dette, lute: Divinimente suonava: The divine lute of Marco dall’Aquila, JH |
| FRIDAY, JUNE 17 | |
| 9am-10am | BEMF LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION by Benjamin Hebbert: Authenticity and period instrument making in the 21st century, Exeter Room, 6th Floor, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 9am-11am | BEMF Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part One: The Harpsichord, Peter Sykes & Luca Guglielmi, First Church Boston (FC), 66 Marlborough Street |
| 9am-12 noon | BEMF SYMPOSIUM: Handel’s Acis and Galatea: His musical and poetic circle at Cannons, Stuart Street Playhouse, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 10am-6pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 11:30am-1:30pm | BEMF Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part Two: The Fortepiano, Christoph Hammer & Kristian Bezuidenhout, FC |
| 12:30pm-2:30pm | MASTERCLASS: Cynthia Roberts, violin, Emmanuel Church Parish Hall (ECPH), 15 Newbury Street |
| 2pm-4pm | BEMF Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part Three: The Clavichord, Michael Tsalka & Miklós Mikael Spányi, FC |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm | MASTERCLASS: Ellen Hargis, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, 17th-century accompanied solo song, ECPH |
| 5pm | CONCERT: Trio Settecento, with guest artist Robert Mealy, violin: The Alchemical Violin: Works by Muffat, Veracini, J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach, and Pisendel, JH |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 8pm | CONCERT: The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips: The Genius of Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), JH |
| 11:15pm | CONCERT: Solamente Naturali, directed by Miloš Valent: Baroque Fiddlers from Moravia, Slovakia, England, and Scotland, EC |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 18 | |
| 10am-12 noon | FAMILY DAY PROGRAM, Session I: Theatre Lounge, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 10am-1pm | BEMF SYMPOSIUM: Producing and Performing Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe: Italian opera for a Francophile German court, Stuart Street Playhouse, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 10am-12 noon | MASTERCLASS: William Porter, organ, FLC |
| 10am-6pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 12 noon-2pm | MASTERCLASS: Peter Van Heyghen, recorder, ECPH |
| 1pm-3pm | FAMILY DAY PROGRAM, Session II: Theatre Lounge, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 2:30pm | CONCERT: Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano, with members of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra: Mozart at 29: Piano Quartets, K. 478 and K. 493, JH |
| 7pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by Ellen T. Harris, New England Conservatory’s Williams Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street |
| 8pm | BEMF CHAMBER OPERA: George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea, JH |
| 11pm | CONCERT: Tragicomedia and Friends, directed by |
| SUNDAY, JUNE 19 | |
| 12:30pm | CONCERT: Mezzaluna, with guest artist Paul O’Dette, lute: The Instrumental Music of Ottaviano Petrucci, Venice, 1501–1508, JH |
| 2pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 3:10pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 3:30pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 7:30pm | BEMF PUB PARTY, Jacob Wirth Restaurant, 31–37 Stuart Street |
OPERA IN THE BERKSHIRES All events take place at the
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center |
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| FRIDAY, JUNE 24 | |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe |
| 10:30pm | MEET-THE-ARTISTS RECEPTION |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 25 | |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe |
| SUNDAY, JUNE 26 | |
| 3:30pm | BEMF CHAMBER OPERA: George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea |
| MONDAY, JUNE 27 | |
| 7pm | BEMF CHAMBER OPERA: George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea |
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