2023 Festival

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

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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