2023 Festival
Centerpiece Opera:
Circé
Music by Henry Desmarest (1661–1741)
Libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge (1650–1718) | Learn more »
Chamber Opera:
Francesca Caccini’s Alcina
Festival Concerts:
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano | Colin Balzer, tenor
Caroline Copeland & Olsi Gjeci, dancers
A Grand Celebration: Music from Desmarest’s Circé and Handel’s Almira
Maxine Eilander, harp & Tekla Cunningham, violin
The Mysterious Zoé de la Ruë
Les Délices
Debra Nagy, Director
Woman Scorned: Circé, Phèdre, and Armide
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, Artistic Director
The Virgin Mary: Stabat Mater
La Donna Musicale & Rumbarroco
Laury Gutiérrez, Director
Nigra sum sed formosa: Morenas in Iberoamerica
The Newberry Consort
Liza Malamut, Artistic Director
Ellen Hargis, Guest Director
The Juan de Lienas Vespers
Orlando Consort
Voices Appeared: A live soundtrack to accompany the 1928 film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc
Sollazzo Ensemble
Anna Danilevskaia, Director
Le corps s’en va, le coeur demeure: The Leuven Chansonnier
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin Dadre, Director
A Secret Concert of the Ladies of Ferrara
BEMF Orchestra & Vox Luminis
Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director
Lioniel Meunier, Vox Luminis Artistic Director
From Heavenly Harmony: Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day and Bach’s Magnificat
Hamburger Ratsmusik & Dorothee Mields, soprano
Barbara Strozzi: La Virtuosissima Cantatrice
Tiburtina Ensemble
Barbora Kabátková, Artistic Director
Ego sum homo: Musical visions of Hildegard von Bingen
Stile Antico
Breaking the Habit: Music by and for Women in Renaissance Europe
Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot, Director
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe et ses filles
ACRONYM
Queen Christina’s Playlist: Music of Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, Cavalli, and others
Amanda Forsythe, soprano, Dorothee Mields, soprano & Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Boston Early Music Festival Continuo Ensemble
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
The Three Sopranos: Earthly Delights for Angelic Voices
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder & Francesco Corti, harpsichord
A Tribute to Princess Anne of Hanover (1709-1759), Handel’s gifted pupil
Organ & Keyboard Mini-Festival
Carole Cerasi, clavichord
Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Stefania Neonato, fortepiano
Christa Rakich, organ