Boston Early Music Festival

Concert Review: Boston Camerata’s “Gallery of Kings” — Uses and Abuses of Power, ca. 1300

June 17, 2025
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Through story, song, missives, and popular gibes at authority, the Boston Camerata program looked at kings remembered for their great deeds and those commemorated for their bumbling idiocy.

Opera Album Review: The Music of Georg Philipp Telemann — Finally Getting Its Proper Recognition

September 8, 2024
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You want Baroque energy and Early Classic poise? Here’s a first-rate recording of a one-act, one-singer opera by Telemann along with some of his imaginative orchestral works.

Classical Music Review: At BEMF, Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia Seduce with Charms and Riddles

June 15, 2019
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Thanks to BEMF for once again presenting Benjamin Bagby, who seems incapable of serving up anything but a wonderfully memorable experience.

Opera Review: Boston Early Music Opera’s “Orlando” — Divine Madness

June 10, 2019
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This entertaining opera is a real soap opera, given that it chronicles the fallout of the passionate protagonist’s unrequited love.

Classical Music Review: Tallis Scholars — Dependable Delight

December 12, 2018
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The Tallis Scholars are unquestionably today’s most renowned exponent of Renaissance sacred music.

Opera Review: BEMF’s Utterly Captivating “Alcina”

November 30, 2018
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When it comes to raising high spirits, the BEMF’s delightful Alcina was an inspired choice.

Opera Review: BEMF’s “Le Carnaval de Venise” — A Delightful Triumph

June 22, 2017
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Chock-full of truly delightful music, the production scores as yet another BEMF opera triumph.

Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival — The King’s Singers and Ayreheart

June 16, 2017
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Boston Early Music Festival tossed a bang-up evening of performances on Monday night.

Opera Review: BEMF Hangs Out with the Sun King

November 30, 2016
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The stellar BEMF team whips up a holiday confection that’s worth catching year after year.

Concert Review: Jordi Savall — Giant of the Early Music World

March 11, 2016
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The extremely prolific viol virtuoso Jordi Savall clearly has deep feelings about Celtic music.

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