BEMF’s Video Spotlight
Sublime soprano Amanda Forsythe sings
“Arguably the most important and influential
Early Music event in the world.” —BBC Radio 3
Upcoming Concerts at BEMF!
You can still subscribe and save for Boston Early Music Festival’s 2019–2020 Season. Choose 3 concerts of YOUR choice and save 10%!
Temmingh & Mields
Thrilling recorder virtuoso Stefan Temmingh and astonishing soprano Dorothee Mields join forces for a program alternating English folk songs with masterpieces by Dowland, Purcell, D’Urfey, Geminiani, and others.
Jordi Savall returns to BEMF!
One of the world’s most enduringly gifted artists, viol virtuoso Jordi Savall- showcases the musical splendor of his Catalan homeland with his famous ensembles, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hespèrion XXI.
BEMF in Bremen
The BEMF Orchestra returns to the Sendesaal Bremen in Germany for a special concert performance of Graupner's Antiochus und Stratonica on January 26!
Save the dates for our next biennial Festival—June 6–13, 2021!
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 2019–2020 Season celebrates 30 years of bringing Boston audiences concerts from the world’s finest artists and ensembles.
2021 Festival
Celebrate 40 years of BEMF at our next Festival and Exhibition, June 6–13, 2021 in Boston.
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 four GRAMMY-nominated recordings.
NOW ON SALE!
Charpentier's Les Plaisirs de Versailles & Les Arts Florissants
2020 GRAMMY Nominee! The BEMF Chamber Opera series returns to the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier with a new recording of two chamber operas by the French Baroque master.
“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. Rounding out the leadership are Orchestra Director Robert Mealy and Dance Director Melinda Sullivan.
