BEMF Chamber Opera Series over the Years

Hailed by The Boston Globe for “vivid performances,” since 2008 the BEMF Chamber Opera Series has taken the internationally acclaimed musicianship, scholarship, and direction showcased in BEMF’s fully staged Festival operas and focused it on small-scale works in intimate productions each Thanksgiving weekend. Two productions from the Chamber Opera Series have also been presented on tour across North America: Handel’s Acis and Galatea in 2011 and Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs in 2014. BEMF’s studio recording of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs was awarded the 2015 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording.

November 2023 Chamber Opera Series
Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley
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November 2022 Chamber Opera Series
Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix & Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil
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November 2021 Chamber Opera Series
Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino
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November 2018 Chamber Opera Series
Caccini’s Alcina
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November 2016 Chamber Opera Series
VERSAILLES: Portrait of a Royal Domain
Lully | Charpentier | Lalande
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November 2015 Chamber Opera Series
Handel’s Acis and Galatea
A Revival of BEMF’s 2009 Production
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November 2014 Chamber Opera Series
Pergolesi’s La serva padrona & Livietta e Tracollo
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November 2012 Chamber Opera Series
Monteverdi’s Orfeo
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November 2011 Chamber Opera Series
Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers & La Couronne de Fleurs
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November 2010 Chamber Opera Series
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
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November 2009 Chamber Opera Series
Handel’s Acis and Galatea (The original 1718 chamber version)
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November 2008 Chamber Opera Series
Blow’s Venus and Adonis & Charpentier’s Actéon
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