Henry Desmarest

Opera Album Review: Two Composers — One Vivid French Baroque Opera, Based on Euripides

May 31, 2025
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Two-plus hours of delight  for anybody interested in Baroque opera, or willing to try it. 

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Opera Album Review: “Circé,” A Big Hit from the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival, Now Enchantingly Recorded

May 13, 2024
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The BEMF performed the work in July 2023 in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, to enormous enthusiasm.

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Opera Album Review: A Fabulous World Premiere Recording of a Major Work of the French Baroque Era

November 20, 2023
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This splendid album offers ample proof that Henry Desmarest stands shoulder to shoulder with his major 17th century French contemporaries, Lully and Marin Marais.

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