The Boston Early Music Festival returns in person — and in a world-premiere recording of a German Baroque opera.
Stephen Stubbs
Opera Review: BEMF’s “La storia di Orfeo” — A Musical Triumph
I do not know how BEMF will ever top this. Bravo tutti!
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.
Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival’s Duo of Charpentier Operas Delights
I keep being surprised by the brilliant productions and overall excellence of the concerts Boston Early Music Festival presents.
Fuse Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival: Part One
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.
Opera Review: ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’
By Caldwell Titcomb If you know a bit about opera, you will have heard of Verdi – but perhaps not of Monteverdi. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first major composer in the history of opera, and the biennial Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is presenting his last opera, “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” (“The Coronation of Poppaea”) […]