VIDEO SPOTLIGHT

Superstar soprano sings the aria “Tönt in seinen Lobgesang” from George Philipp Telemann's cantata Ino, recorded LIVE in Boston with the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Opera Series in November 2021. Presented in a double bill with Telemann's comic opera Pimpinone, this magnificent production will be presented again this summer at the 2025 Boston Early Music Festival—June 14 in Boston, and on tour in the Berkshires at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on June 27 & 28, and at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY on June 29.
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"Arguably the most important and influential
Early Music event in the world." —BBC Radio 3

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Celebrate Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Les Arts Florissants!

Violin virtuoso Théotime Lenglois de Swarte joins with Les Arts Florissants, for a blockbuster celebration of Vivaldi's Four Seasons—premiering virtually on April 18.
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Jordi Savall returns to Boston!

Jordi Savall brings his legendary ensemble Hespèrion XXI back to Boston for a thrilling season finale–premiering virtually on April 27.
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Stile Antico presents The Golden Renaissance

Enjoy a brilliant and vividly contrasted program from Stile Antico—recorded live in Cambridge, MA! Don't miss the Virtual Premiere on Friday, April 11.
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Save the dates for our next Festival—June 8–15, 2025

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.

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Baroque Opera

“An absolute delight.” —The New York Times

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Celebrated Concerts

Our annual concerts feature some of the world's most exciting and engaging Early Music artists!

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2025 Festival

Tickets for our 23rd biennial Festival—June 8–15, 2025—are now on sale!
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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 one GRAMMY Award-winning and five GRAMMY-nominated recordings.

NEW CD!

Enjoy a 2 CD-set of Neopolitan comic opera with Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona and Livietta e Tracollo.

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“One of the nation’s foremost Early Music organizations.” —The New Yorker

Meet Our Artistic Leadership

BEMF's Artistic Leadership Team, Gilbert Blin, Robert Mealy, Melinda Sullivan, Paul O'Dette, and Stephen Stubbs

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.

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The Boston Early Music Festival is supported in part by:
National Endowment for the Arts
Mass Cultural Council
Constellation Charitable Foundation
ArtsBoston
Cambridge Community Foundation

"A constant delight of anticipation." —The Wall Street Journal