2007 Festival

June 11-17, 2007

2007 Fully-staged Operatic Centerpiece

Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Libretto by Thomas Corneille (1625-1709)

Opera in prologue and five acts sung in French and Italian with English supertitles

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Caleb Wertenbaker, Set Designer
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer & Supervisor
Lenore Doxsee, Lighting Designer
Ellen Hargis, Vocal & Gesture Coach
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Melinda Sullivan, Assistant Choreographer & Ballet Mistress
Abbie H. Katz, Associate Producer
John S. Powell, Musicological Advisor

Cast

Grammy-nominated BEMF Orchestra

Dessus de violins (violin I)
Robert Mealy, leader
Julie Andrijeski, principal second
Miloš Valent
Cynthia Roberts
Dagmar Valentová

Haute-contre (viola)
Daniel Elyar, principal
Karina Schmitz

Taille (viola)
David Douglass, principal
Patrick Jordan

Quinte (viola)
Laura Jeppesen
Jennifer Stirling

Basse de violin (bass violin)
Phoebe Carrai, principal
Sarah Freiberg
Brent Wissick
David Morris

Recorder
Héloïse Degrugillier
Justin Godoy
Tom Zajac

Oboe & Recorder
Gonzalo X. Ruiz, principal
Washington McClain
Kathryn Montoya

Taille d’Hautbois & Recorder
Debra Nagy

Bassoon
Marilyn Boenau, principal
Dominic Teresi

Trumpet
John Thiessen, principal
Alexander Bonus
Norman Engel
Paul Perfetti

Timpani & Percussion
Marie-Ange Petit

Percussion
Tom Zajac

Theorbo & Baroque guitar
Paul O’Dette
Stephen Stubbs
Catherine Liddell

Harpsichord
Kristian Bezuidenhout
Peter Sykes

Viola da gamba
Erin Headley

Dancers
Melinda Sullivan, Tina Cassidy, Caroline Copeland, Tim Kasper, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Jonathan Phelps, Gilles Poirier & Kaj Sylegård

Commedia Artists
James Banta & Aaron Santos

Members of PALS Children’s Chorus [PALS LOGO]
Eleanor Bragg, Sylvie Florman, Eliza Fox, Emy Metzger, Frederick Metgzer & Jake Wilder-Smith
Jennifer Kane, Artistic Director

INDIVIDUAL CONCERTS

The King’s Noyse directed by David Douglass
Le Jardin de Mélodies: Songs and dances of 16th-century Paris

Philippe Pierlot, bass viol and Jan Willem Jansen, harpsichord
Les Festes Galantes: Marin Marais, C. P. E. Bach, and Louis Couperin

Ensemble Clément Janequin directed by Dominique Visse
Les Plaisirs du Palais: A palindromic banquet of Franco-Flemish music

Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
Feast of the Gods: Music of Mozart, Tubel, and Pachelbel

The Orlando Consort
The Rose, the Lily, and the Whortleberry: Medieval and Renaissance musical representations of gardens and horticulture

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus directed by Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs
Feast of the Gods: Music of Rameau and Eccles

Carolyn Sampson, soprano and Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Ambrosia and Nectar: Women in Baroque England

Petra Müllejans, violin and Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Mozart à Due: Sonatas for violin and piano

Sequentia directed by Benjamin Bagby
The Rheingold Curse: A Germanic Saga of Greed and Revenge from the Medieval Icelandic Edda

Ensemble Clément Janequin directed by Dominique Visse
Le Chant des Oyseaulx: Renaissance birdsongs and songs of spring

Nachtmusique directed by Eric Hoeprich
Harmoniemusik: Works by Mozart, Duvernoy, Kreutzer, Weyse, and Beethoven

Le Poème Harmonique directed by Vincent Dumestre
Aux Marches du Palais: Traditional French romances and laments

Tragicomedia and Friends directed by Stephen Stubbs
Welcome to All the Pleasures: Music Purcell, Corbetta, Lully, Matteis, Locke, and Rossi

The Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts
The Gods’ Flute Heaven: Consort music from the Spanish Netherlands after 16th- and 17th-century collections

SYMPOSIA

Carbon Fiber in Musical Instruments: How it is new and old at the same time

Dance Workshops in the French Style led by BEMF Choreographer Lucy Graham

Stage Beauty: Style and Substance in Baroque Opera led by BEMF Vocal & Gesture Coach Ellen Hargis

Visual Effects in the 17th Century: How they made opera like the movies sponsored by ConstellationCenter

Production and Performance Challenges in Mounting Lully’s Psyché led by the BEMF Psyché Directorial Team

A Hole in the Cities: Where have all the record stores gone? led by BEMF Record Store consultant Ned Arnold

Performance and Production Issues in French Baroque Opera led by the BEMF Psyché Directorial Team

MASTERCLASSES

Alexander Weimann, harpsichord

Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba

Carolyn Sampson and Elizabeth Kenny, voice & accompanied solo song

Eric Hoeprich, winds

William Porter, organ

Robert Mealy, violin

Paul Leenhouts, recorder