Paul O’Dette

Opera Album Review: The Boston Early Music Festival — One of the Best Recordings Ever of a Baroque Opera

April 16, 2022
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The Boston Early Music Festival returns in person — and in a world-premiere recording of a German Baroque opera.

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Opera Review: BEMF’s “La storia di Orfeo” — A Musical Triumph

December 5, 2019
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I do not know how BEMF will ever top this. Bravo tutti!

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Classical Music Review: BEMF’s “Acis and Galatea”—Glorious Entertainment

December 1, 2015
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The music was so extraordinarily pleasant and well performed that the two-hour production breezed by.

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Concert Review: Boston Early Music Festival’s Glorious Highlights

December 7, 2013
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The more I hear performed by the BEMF, especially their operas, the more deeply impressed – and thankful – I am.

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Concert Review: Kirkby and O’Dette do dazzling Dowland

June 14, 2013
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Dame Emma, now sixty-four, sat and sang just quietly enough and with the right measure of mystery and stillness to draw the audience in, and to keep them there in a trance.

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Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival’s Duo of Charpentier Operas Delights

November 28, 2011
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I keep being surprised by the brilliant productions and overall excellence of the concerts Boston Early Music Festival presents.

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Fuse Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival: Part One

June 15, 2011
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The Boston Early Music Festival is THE place for performers to be heard. And there are enough good programs, between the big Jordan Hall concerts, the two operas, a Family Day program, the mini-festivals for organ and keyboard, fringe concerts at at odd hours of the day and late night, for everyone.

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