Thanks to BEMF for once again presenting Benjamin Bagby, who seems incapable of serving up anything but a wonderfully memorable experience.
Boston Early Music Festival
Opera Review: Boston Early Music Opera’s “Orlando” — Divine Madness
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
The Tallis Scholars are unquestionably today’s most renowned exponent of Renaissance sacred music.
Opera Review: BEMF’s Utterly Captivating “Alcina”
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
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
Boston Early Music Festival tossed a bang-up evening of performances on Monday night.
Opera Review: BEMF Hangs Out with the Sun King
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
The extremely prolific viol virtuoso Jordi Savall clearly has deep feelings about Celtic music.
Fuse Classical Music Review: BEMF’s “Acis and Galatea”—Glorious Entertainment
The music was so extraordinarily pleasant and well performed that the two-hour production breezed by.
Fuse Concert Review: Boston Early Music Festival — Musical Miracle Workers
After experiencing, in seven days, Monteverdi’s three extant operas and his Vespers of 1610, I am in awe of BEMF and everyone associated with it.