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Boston Early Music Festival 2025 Review: Octavia

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(Photo: Kathy Wittman) Once every other year, Boston becomes THE city to be in if you are a hardcore early music addict. While many festivals claim to focus on early music, they often stick to the usual crowd-pleasers—Bach, one of the Scarlatti’s, Vivaldi, etc. The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) offers something stronger. Under the leadership of Paul O’Dette and {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Boston Early Music Festival 2023 Review: The Dragon of Wantley

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Credit: Kathy Wittman It might be ingenuous to say, but in one’s opinion any opera that features a dragon singing a long melisma on the word “whore,” especially when it follows the ominous words “son of a,” is an unforgettable piece of theater. “The Dragon of Wantley” is based on the old legend that a dragon roamed South Yorkshire, a {…}
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Boston Early Music Festival Unveils 2023-24 Season

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Boston Early Music Festival has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Ensemble I Gemelli under tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro will lead “A Room of Mirrors: Music by d’India, Marini, Frescobaldi, Calestani, and Gregori.” Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2023 Next up is a presentation of John Frederick Lampe’s “The Dragon of Wantley.” Paul O’Dette and {…}
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Boston Baroque, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival Team Up for Festival 1750

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Three Boston-based organizations are joining forces with WCRB Classical Radio Boston to put together Festival 1750, a 10-day broadcast music festival. The showcase, which kicks off on April 20, 2020, features Boston Baroque, the Handel and Haydn Society, and Boston Early Music Festival. “As WCRB continues to explore ways to keep our audience and Boston’s vibrant music community connected, we {…}
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Q & A: Music Director David Stern on Leading Palm Beach Opera into the Future

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(Credit: Tom Watson) In 2024, Palm Beach Opera appointed David Stern to be the organization’s Ari Rifkin Music Director. Stern, the son of iconic violinist Isaac Stern, had been with the company since 2015 as its Chief Conductor after leading positions at  Israeli Opera and Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland. The conductor has had a major international career, performing with {…}
News, Season Announcement

Ailyn Perez, Daniela Mack, John Osborn, Maharram Huseynov, Dame Sarah Connolly to Headline Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Soloman Howard) Boston Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2025–2026 concert season. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is Verdi’s Requiem, featuring soprano Ailyn Perez, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, tenor John Osborn, and bass Maharram Huseynov. The performance includes Chorus pro Musica under Jamie Kirsch, with Donald Palumbo serving as guest choral coach and artistic advisor. Benjamin Zander {…}
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Cantata Singers Announce Second Annual Boston Choral Festival

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The Cantata Singers are set to present the second annual Boston Choral Festival on Oct. 17. Music Director Noah Horn will lead the Festival, which centers on Caroline Shaw’s “To the Hands,” a work focused on human reflection on shelter, empathy, and belonging. Other works on the program are Dietrich Buxtehude’s “Ad manus from Membra Jesu Nostri” and Shawn Kirchner’s {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Festival Aix-en-Provence 2025 Review: The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor

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It is official: Britten is in now. It is not as if the Master of Snape was ever ‘out,’ but Aix’s adaptation of “Billy Budd” — along with Deborah Warner’s “Peter Grimes” from a couple of years ago — reiterates the timeliness of his work and theater. Watching Britten today, it feels like his works have just been waiting for {…}
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Caramoor Festival Announces 2025 Season

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The Caramoor Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here are the vocal performances. Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Gabriella Reyes, Tamara Mumford, Viktor Antipenko, and Joseph Parrish. Performance Date: June 21, 2025 Telemann’s “Pimpinone & Ino” will be performed by Amanda Forsythe, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, and Christian Immler. The Boston Early Music Festival accompanies. {…}

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