VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
Our 26/27 Season opens with the return of Stile Antico as they offer a fascinating snapshot of music music, politics, and culture from the great cities of Renaissance Europe, featuring music by Monteverdi, Palestrina, Tallis, Guerrero, and many others.
Hear these extraordinary voices singing Palestrina's Exultate Deo on YouTube.
"Arguably the most important and influential
Early Music event in the world." —BBC Radio 3
Stile Antico open our 26/27 Season on 10/16
Explore the great cities of Renaissance Europe with one of the world's most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles, Stile Antico.
Les Arts Florissants return to Boston on 11/7
Baroque masters William Christie and Paul Agnew reunite to director a revelatory program of Monteverdi's finest Madrigals as Les Arts Florissants returns to Boston.
The BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns in November!
Return to the hilarious world of John Frederick Lampe as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents his mock-opera—Pyramus & Thisbe—with words by Shakespeare. Coming to to Troy, NY and Boston, MA this November.
Save the dates for our next biennial Festival: June 6–13, 2027.
Who We Are
Since 1981, the Boston Early Music Festival has established itself as an international leader in the field of Early Music. BEMF presents a wealth of diverse programs and activities, including superb productions of Baroque opera, award-winning recordings, an annual concert season that brings the field’s brightest stars to Boston and New York City, and North America’s leading festival for Early Music.
Celebrated Concerts
Our annual concerts feature some of the world's most exciting and engaging Early Music artists!
Award-Winning Recordings
In 2004, BEMF initiated a series of recordings to preserve its groundbreaking Baroque opera creations and attempt to fill the gaps in the current discography of Western opera. The series features two GRAMMY Award-winning and five GRAMMY-nominated recordings.
GRAMMY Winner!
Telemann's Ino and Opera Arias for SopranoBEMF's has received our 2nd GRAMMY Award for our recording of Telemann's Ino with soprano Amanda Forsythe in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album catagory!
LEARN MORE!“One of the nation’s foremost Early Music organizations.” —The New Yorker
Meet Our Artistic Leadership
BEMF Opera productions reproduce the Baroque’s stunning palette of sound by bringing together today’s leading operatic superstars and a wealth of instrumental talent from across the globe. Leading the Artistic Team are GRAMMY-winning Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs alongside Opera Director Gilbert Blin, Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and Dance Director Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière.
