Schedule of Events
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All venues are located in Boston, Massachusetts, unless otherwise stated. Programs, artists, dates, and venues subject to change.
Also, please visit the Exhibition Demonstration Schedule and the Fringe Concert Schedule.
OPERA IN THE BERKSHIRES All events take place at the
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center |
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| FRIDAY, JUNE 24 | |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe |
| 10:30pm | MEET-THE-ARTISTS RECEPTION |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 25 | |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe |
| SUNDAY, JUNE 26 | |
| 3:30pm | BEMF CHAMBER OPERA: George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea |
| MONDAY, JUNE 27 | |
| 7pm | BEMF CHAMBER OPERA: George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea |
Past Events |
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| SUNDAY, JUNE 12 | |
| 3:10pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College (CMT), 219 Tremont Street |
| 3:30pm | OPERA: Opening Performance of Agostino Steffani's Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Niobe, Queen of Thebes), CMT |
| 7pm | GALA OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION, St. James Room, Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, 138 St. James Avenue |
| MONDAY, JUNE 13 | |
| 8pm | CONCERT: Les Voix Baroques, directed by Stephen Stubbs: Canticum Canticorum—The Song of Songs, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall (JH), 30 Gainsborough Street |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 14 | |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 8pm | CONCERT: The King's Singers: Triumphes—Renaissance Conquests in Love and War, JH |
| 11:15pm | CONCERT: Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord: Ovid’s Harpsichord: Cembalo Metamorphosis, Emmanuel Church (EC), 15 Newbury Street |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 | |
| 9am-10am | BEMF LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION by Ben Harms: Historical Timpani, Part One: Silver Kettles, Donkey Skins, Snares, and Trumpet Bells: Timpani Construction through the 19th century, Exeter Room, 6th Floor, Radisson Hotel Boston, 200 Stuart Street |
| 10am-5pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 2pm-4pm | MASTERCLASS: Phoebe Carrai, violoncello, Goethe-Institut Boston (GI), 170 Beacon Street |
| 5pm | CONCERT: Ensemble Lucidarium directed by Avery Gosfield & Francis Biggi: Ninfale—Ovid, poetry, and music in Italy at the end of the Middle Ages, JH |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 8pm | CONCERT: Boston Camerata, directed by Anne |
| 11:15pm | CONCERT: Quicksilver, directed by Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski: Stile Moderno: The New Science of Music in Italy, EC |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 16 | |
| 9am-10am | BEMF LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION by Ben Harms: Historical Timpani, Part Two: The Secret Art of Embellishment and Improvisation, Exeter Room, 6th Floor, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 9:30am-12 noon | BEMF Organ Mini-Festival: Part One: James David Christie & Luca Guglielmi, Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
| 9:30am-11am | DANCE WORKSHOP, directed by BEMF Choreographers Caroline Copeland & Carlos Fittante: Session I, Emmanuel Church Music Room (ECMR), 15Newbury Street |
| 10am-6pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 11am-1pm | MASTERCLASS: Erin Headley & Christel Thielmann, violas da gamba, GI |
| 11:30am-1pm | DANCE WORKSHOP, directed by BEMF Choreographers Caroline Copeland & Carlos Fittante: Session II, ECMR |
| 2pm-4pm | MASTERCLASS: Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Baroque oboe, GI |
| 2pm-4:30pm | BEMF Organ Mini-Festival: Part Two: William Porter, First Lutheran Church (FLC), 299 Berkeley Street |
| 5pm | CONCERT: Jordi Savall, treble viols, with guest artists Paul O’Dette, lute, and Shane Shanahan, percussion: The Celtic Viol—An Homage to Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions, JH |
| 8pm | CONCERT: BEMF Orchestra, directed by Robert Mealy,with guest artist Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord: The Orchestra at Play: Festive Concertos, Suites, and Sinfonias by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and Vivaldi, JH |
| 11pm | CONCERT: Paul O'Dette, lute: Divinimente suonava: The divine lute of Marco dall’Aquila, JH |
| FRIDAY, JUNE 17 | |
| 9am-10am | BEMF LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION by Benjamin Hebbert: Authenticity and period instrument making in the 21st century, Exeter Room, 6th Floor, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 9am-11am | BEMF Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part One: The Harpsichord, Peter Sykes & Luca Guglielmi, First Church Boston (FC), 66 Marlborough Street |
| 9am-12 noon | BEMF SYMPOSIUM: Handel’s Acis and Galatea: His musical and poetic circle at Cannons, Stuart Street Playhouse, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 10am-6pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 11:30am-1:30pm | BEMF Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part Two: The Fortepiano, Christoph Hammer & Kristian Bezuidenhout, FC |
| 12:30pm-2:30pm | MASTERCLASS: Cynthia Roberts, violin, Emmanuel Church Parish Hall (ECPH), 15 Newbury Street |
| 2pm-4pm | BEMF Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part Three: The Clavichord, Michael Tsalka & Miklós Mikael Spányi, FC |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm | MASTERCLASS: Ellen Hargis, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, 17th-century accompanied solo song, ECPH |
| 5pm | CONCERT: Trio Settecento, with guest artist Robert Mealy, violin: The Alchemical Violin: Works by Muffat, Veracini, J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach, and Pisendel, JH |
| 5:30pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 6:40pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 7pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 8pm | CONCERT: The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips: The Genius of Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), JH |
| 11:15pm | CONCERT: Solamente Naturali, directed by Miloš Valent: Baroque Fiddlers from Moravia, Slovakia, England, and Scotland, EC |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 18 | |
| 10am-12 noon | FAMILY DAY PROGRAM, Session I: Theatre Lounge, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 10am-1pm | BEMF SYMPOSIUM: Producing and Performing Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe: Italian opera for a Francophile German court, Stuart Street Playhouse, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 10am-12 noon | MASTERCLASS: William Porter, organ, FLC |
| 10am-6pm | EXHIBITION: Radisson Hotel Boston (two levels: Mezzanine Ballrooms; 6th Floor Conference Center) |
| 12 noon-2pm | MASTERCLASS: Peter Van Heyghen, recorder, ECPH |
| 1pm-3pm | FAMILY DAY PROGRAM, Session II: Theatre Lounge, Radisson Hotel Boston |
| 2:30pm | CONCERT: Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano, with members of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra: Mozart at 29: Piano Quartets, K. 478 and K. 493, JH |
| 7pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by Ellen T. Harris, New England Conservatory’s Williams Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street |
| 8pm | BEMF CHAMBER OPERA: George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea, JH |
| 11pm | CONCERT: Tragicomedia and Friends, directed by |
| SUNDAY, JUNE 19 | |
| 12:30pm | CONCERT: Mezzaluna, with guest artist Paul O’Dette, lute: The Instrumental Music of Ottaviano Petrucci, Venice, 1501–1508, JH |
| 2pm | PRE-OPERA TALK by members of the BEMF Niobe Directorial Team, CMT |
| 3:10pm | OPENING FANFARE: Members of the BEMF Orchestra, Lobby, CMT |
| 3:30pm | OPERA: Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, CMT |
| 7:30pm | BEMF PUB PARTY, Jacob Wirth Restaurant, 31–37 Stuart Street |
