BEMF Opera | 1989 Opera in Concert
Mozart’s Idomeneo
Friday, June 2, 1989 at 8pm
Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 8pm
Tremont Temple Baptist Church, Boston, MA
Mozart’s greatest opera seria was composed for the Munich Opera in 1781. At the time, Munich had one of the finest orchestras in all of Europe. Idomeneo’s remarkable orchestral scoring and important choral parts make this opera the perfect vehicle for our Festival forces. An international cast comes together to perform what is said to be Mozart’s favorite opera.
Roger Norrington, Conductor
Artists
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Idomeneo, King of Crete
Lorraine Hunt, Idamante
Jeanne Ommerlé, Ilia
Lisa Saffer, Elettra
Jeffrey Thomas, Arbace
Frank Kelley, Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Daniel Stepner, concertmaster
Anthony Martin, Daniel Banner, Bruce Berg, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Joan Brickley, Judson Griffin, Linda Quan, Michael Sand, Jane Starkman, Nelva TeBrake & Nancy Wilson, violin; David Miller, Emily Bruell, Laura Jeppesen & Lisa Rautenberg, viola; Myron Lutzke, Karen Kaderavek, Elisabeth LeGuin & Loretta O’Sullivan, violincello; Michael Willens, Thomas Coleman & Ann Trout, violone; Christopher Krueger & Janet See, transverse flute; Wendy Rolfe, piccolo; Stephen Hammer & Marc Schachman, oboe; Lawrence McDonald & Diane Heffner, clarinet; Dennis Godburn & Tom Sefkovic, bassoon; John Thiessen & Fred Holmgren, trumpet; Lowell Greer, R. J. Kelley, Richard Seraphinoff & Rick Menaul, horn; John Grimes, timpani; John Finney, harpsichord
Boston Early Music Festival Chorus
John Finney, chorusmaster
Gail Abbey, Roberta Anderson, Jeanine Bowman, Michèle Eaton, Dale Edwards, Sara Goldstein, Carole Haber, Hazel O’Donnell, Jayne West & Joanne Sudo Whitaker, soprano; Susan Byers, Pamela Dellal, Jeanne McCrorie, Mary Ann Miller-Valaitis, Susan Trout & Marjorie McDermott, alto; Mark Dapolito, Martin Kelly, Phillip Kidd, Bruce Lancaster, James Ruff, Gerald Seminatore & Mark Sprinkle, tenor; Jonathan Barnhart, Herman Hildebrand, Brett Johnson, Mark McSweeney, Richard Morrison, Christophoren Nomura, David Stoneman & Donald Wilkinson, bass