Welcome to the June 2023 Boston Early Music Festival, North America’s premier celebration of Early Music.
After the success of our 2021 Virtual Festival, we are thrilled to return in person for our 2023 Festival and Exhibition— A Celebration of Women—June 4 to 11.
We have planned a spectacular array of events honoring the work of women, both current and past, that will illuminate the integral role that women have always played in great classical music.
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To best protect the most vulnerable members of our community and those artists who cannot mask while performing, we are requiring guests to wear well-fitted face masks at all in-door events at the 2023 Festival. Please visit BEMF.org/safety to review our current policies. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Schedule :
10am–12:30pm
BEMF SYMPOSIUM
Producing and Performing Henry Desmarest’s Circé
Moderated by Benoît Dratwicki, with Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Gilbert Blin, Robert Mealy, Melinda Sullivan, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Pierre-François Dollé, Jérôme Kaplan, and Jean Duron
Wilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
10am–5pm
Exhibition
Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
(Empire Ballroom & the 5th Floor Conference Suite)
1pm–2pm
CONCERT & LECTURE
Discovering Adriana vanden Bergh
Erik Bosgraaf
Library, Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
1:30pm–4:30pm
MASTERCLASS
Ellen Hargis, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Paul O’Dette, and Stephen Stubbs: 17th-century accompanied solo song
New England Conservatory's Burns Hall
2pm–4pm
FAMILY DAY
Part One at 2pm, Circle dances for the family: Arbeau’s branles, pavane, and galliard
Caitlin Klinger and Julian Donahue, BEMF Dance Company
Wilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
Part Two at 3pm, Scavenger Hunt at the World-Famous BEMF Exhibition
Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
2:30pm–4:30pm
MASTERCLASS
Session Two: Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Library, Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
3:30pm–4:30pm
LECTURE
The Fashioning of French Opera (1672–1791): Identity, Production, Networks (Brepols, 2023), edited by Barbara Nestola, Benoît Dratwicki, Julien Dubruque, and Thomas Leconte
Benoît Dratwicki, Artistic Director of the CMBV, and Barbara Nestola, Director of Research of the CMBVWilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown
5pm
CONCERT
ACRONYM
Queen Christina’s Playlist: Music of Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, Cavalli, and others
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
7pm
PRE-OPERA TALK
Of Enchantment and Liberations: Francesca Caccini’s Alcina
Professor Suzanne G. Cusick
New England Conservatory's Williams Hall
8pm
CHAMBER OPERA
Francesca Caccini's Alcina
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
10:30pm
CONCERT
Amanda Forsythe, Dorothee Mields & Cecilia Duarte
with Boston Early Music Festival Continuo Ensemble
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
The Three Sopranos: Earthly Delights for Angelic Voices
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall