2024/25 SEASON
BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents
Telemann’s Don Quichotte
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Saturday, November 30, 2024 | 8PM
Sunday, December 1, 2024 | 3PM
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 7:30pm (Concert Version)
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 7:30pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 29, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET)
Cervantes’s wayward knight is brought to life through the irresistible music of Georg Philipp Telemann!
Join the singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and directors of the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series for a special presentation of two masterworks by Telemann. Enjoy a rare staged performance of Telemann’s lovely serenata, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho, which sees Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza stumble upon the wedding of wealthy sheep rancher Comacho to the beautiful Quiteria—but her childhood sweetheart Basilio is ready to disrupt the festivities even if it’s the last thing he ever does! Woven throughout the entertainment will be movements from Telemann’s delightful orchestral suite Burlesque de Don Quichotte, a work that uses strikingly evocative music to depict various episodes from the classic novel by Cervantes.
“Spellbinding.”
PRE-OPERA TALK
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photos by Kathy Wittman
PROGRAM BOOK
ARTISTS
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Choreographer
Gwen van den Eijnde, Costume Designer
Kelly Martin, Lighting Designer
Anna Mansbridge, Assistant Stage Director
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Christian Immler, Don Quichotte
Jason McStoots, Sancho Pansa
Emily Siar, Quiteria
Michael Galvin, Comacho
Cody Bowers, Basilio
Richard Pittsinger, Grisóstomo
Jason Augustus Rober, Pedrillo
Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble
Christian Immler, bass-baritone – Don Quichotte
Jason McStoots, tenor – Sancho Pansa
Emily Siar, soprano – Quiteria
Michael Galvin, bass – Comacho
Cody Bowers, countertenor – Basilio
Richard Pittsinger, tenor – Grisostomo
Jason Augustus Rober, baritone – Pedrillo
Mara Riley, soprano
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Fridley, bass
Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company
Julian Donahue
Junichi Fukuda
Caitlin Klinger
Tshedzom Tingkhye
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
Robert Mealy & Cynthia Roberts, violin
Sarah Darling, viola
Phoebe Carrai, violoncello
Doug Balliett, double bass
Emi Ferguson, Baroque flute & piccolo
Dominic Teresi, bassoon
John Thiessen & Brandon Bergeron, trumpet
Michelle Humphreys, percussion & timpani
Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Paul O’Dette, theorbo*
Stephen Stubbs, theorbo & Baroque guitar**
* Boston & Troy performances only
** Boston & New York performances only
TECHNICAL CREW AND SUPPORT STAFF
Mercedes Roman-Manson, Production Manager
Carmen Catherine Alfaro, Production Stage Manager
Elizabeth Hardy, Company Manager
Perry Emerson, Operations Manager
Maria van Kalken, Assistant to the Executive Producer
Elizabeth Ramirez, Assistant Stage Manager
June House, Assistant to the Costume Designer and Fabric painter
Jackie Olivia, Costume and Wardrobe Supervisor
Maha Barsom & Janna Pederson, Costume Construction
Melinda Abreu & Taylor Clemente, Hair and Makeup Artists
Chloe Moore, First Hand and Stitcher
Lindsay Hoisington, Stitcher
Ian Thorsell, Properties Supervisor
Dan McGaha, Supertitles Supervisor and Operator
Kathy Wittman, Videographer and Photographer
Antonio Oliart Ros, Recording Engineer