VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
The Boston Globe reviewed the "thoroughly compelling" BEMF Chamber Opera Series production of Stellidaura's Revenge, as Soprano Hannah De Priest is hailed for "[conveying] the ephemeral fragility of a wilting flower without sacrificing any vocal integrity," while tenor Richard Pittsinger "distinguished himself as a singing actor to watch."
Watch a preview from the rehearsal studio on YouTube now! Get your virtual tickets and watch the production until Sunday, December 28.
"Arguably the most important and influential
Early Music event in the world." —BBC Radio 3
Stellidaura's Revenge Virtual Premiere on December 14!
The GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with Stellidaura's Revenge by Francesco Provenzale. A courtly love triangle is torn apart by violent passions in this sultry romp from the Neapolitan Riviera in 1674. Virtual Premiere on December 14.
The Tallis Scholars Virtual Premiere on December 13
BEMF welcomes back the legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars this holiday season with a program of English music for the Virgin Mary.
ENCORE! Watch our June 2025 Youth Concert on YouTube
BEMF Returns to our 2025 Festival with a special ENCORE of our 2025 Youth Concert featuring the début of the BEMF Youth Ensemble, BEMF Beyond Borders 2025 with guests from Brazil and Taiwan, and guest artists from A String Forth Smith. Watch now on YouTube!
Save the dates for our next biennial Festival: June 6–13, 2027.
Who We Are
Since 1981, the Boston Early Music Festival has established itself as an international leader in the field of Early Music. BEMF presents a wealth of diverse programs and activities, including superb productions of Baroque opera, award-winning recordings, an annual concert season that brings the field’s brightest stars to Boston and New York City, and North America’s leading festival for Early Music.
Celebrated Concerts
Our annual concerts feature some of the world's most exciting and engaging Early Music artists!
Award-Winning Recordings
In 2004, BEMF initiated a series of recordings to preserve its groundbreaking Baroque opera creations and attempt to fill the gaps in the current discography of Western opera. The series features one GRAMMY Award-winning and five GRAMMY-nominated recordings.
GRAMMY Nominee!
Telemann's Ino and Opera Arias for SopranoBEMF's has received our 7th GRAMMY nomination for our recording of Telemann's Ino with soprano Amanda Forsythe in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album catagory!
LEARN MORE!“One of the nation’s foremost Early Music organizations.” —The New Yorker
Meet Our Artistic Leadership
BEMF Opera productions reproduce the Baroque’s stunning palette of sound by bringing together today’s leading operatic superstars and a wealth of instrumental talent from across the globe. Leading the Artistic Team are GRAMMY-winning Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs alongside Opera Director Gilbert Blin, Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and Dance Director Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière.
