2001 Festival
The French Influence in Europe
June 11-17, 2001

Fully-staged Operatic Centerpiece

Thésée
Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Libretto by Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Music Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Robin Linklater, Designer
Steven Rosen, Lighting Designer
Anna Watkins, Costume Supervisor
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Joseph Levendusky, Associate Producer

Cast, in order of appearance

Aaron Engebreth, Un plaisir
Mark Sprinkle, Un autre plaisir
Gerald Thomas Gray, Un des Jeux
Ann Monoyios, Vénus
Paul Guttry, Mars & Un Combatant
Jayne Tankersley, Cerés
Marc Molomot, Bachus
Ellen Hargis, Æglé
Suzie LeBlanc, Cléone
Olivier Laquerre, Arcas
Kendra Colton, La Grand Prestresse de Minerve & Minerve
Bernard Deletré, Ægée
Laura Pudwell, Medée
Howard Crook, Thésée

Chorus: Michela Macfarlane, Allison Mondel, Megan Sharp, Jayne Tankersley, Jessica Adda Hanf, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Kamala Soparkar, Marc Molomot, Mark Sprinkle, Aaron Engebreth, Gerald Thomas Gray, Paul Guttry

Dancers: Tina Cassidy, Caroline Copeland, Carlos Fittante, Georges Keraghel, Marc Leclercq, Susan MacNichol, Melinda Sullivan, Kaj Sylegård

Individual Concerts

Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord;
Thomas Boysen, theorbo
Le Labyrinthe et Autres Histoires: Theatricality in the Music of Marin Marais

The Four Nations Ensemble with special guests Music from China
Plum Blossom Fleur-de-Lis

Boston Early Music Festival Lully Opera Orchestra
Les Fleurs Enchantées: Enchanting Musical Entertainments from Rameau & Clérambault

Ensemble Clément Janequin
Dominique Visse, director
Les Cris de Paris & Other Parisian Fricassées of the 16th Century

Ensemble Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin-Dadre, director
Charles Quint et François Ier: Chevaleires et Mécènes

A Viol Extravaganza! À 4, à 6, à 7, à 12 et à tout autant de parties
Margriet Tindemans, director

Le Concert Spirituel
Hervé Niquet, director
Te Deum et Grands Motets pour les Victoires de Louis XIV

Hugo Reyne, recorders & Pierre Hantai, harpsichord
Musiques pour la Chambre du Roy

Late Night Concerts

Fortune’s Wheel
Pastourelle

Ensemble Clément Janequin
Dominique Visse, director
Polyphony & the Edict of Nantes

Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
In the Shadow of the Sun King: French Harpsichord Music from the Time of "Thésée"

Tragicomedia
Les Folies françaises

Masterclasses

Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Denis Raisin-Dadre, shawms & recorders
Ann Monoyios, voice
Marie-Ange Petit & Ben Harms, historical percussion
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Stephen Stubbs & Alexander Weimann, continuo emphasis
Hugo Reyne, recorder

Symposia

Producing Lully’s Thésée: Research, Technical, Financial & Fundraising Issues
Issues in the Performance of Lully Opera
Acoustics & Recording Symposium: Magnificent, Adequate, or D.O.A.?
Fricassée Francçoise: The French Early Music Labels, very much in person
Early Music and Healing Forum
WWW/Wood World Wide
Fundraising in Early Music