VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Boston for the premiere of Telemann's Don Quichotte! We head to New York City on December 3 for a Concert Performance and Troy, NY for a final staged performance on December 7 before our Virtual Premiere on December 15. Get a sneak peek at this all-new production from inside the rehearsal studio and hear from the artists and Directors who brought Cervantes's wayward knight to life!
"Arguably the most important and influential
Early Music event in the world." —BBC Radio 3
Celebrate the Holidays with The Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars return to BEMF for their 36th consecutive season with a transcendent program of plainchant written for the Christmas season.
Telemann's Don Quichotte Virtual Premiere on December 15!
Cervantes’s wayward hero is brought to life through the irresistible music of Georg Philipp Telemann in an all-new production from the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series!
2025 Festival goes on sale Monday, December 2!
Join us for our 23rd biennial Festival—June 8-15, 2025!
BEMF has been thrilled to share our concerts virtually with fans around the world and are proud to continue offering our entire 2024/25 Season virtually. Subscribe to all 9 concerts today and enjoy the music you love wherever you are! Learn more about Virtual Tickets »
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.
Celebrated Concerts
Our annual concerts feature some of the world's most exciting and engaging Early Music artists!
2025 Festival
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.
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 and Orchestra Director Robert Mealy.
