Boston Early Music Festival Encore! Virtual Festival

For fans who could not attend our June 2025 Festival in person—or for those wishing to experience the Festival magic again—we invite you to enjoy the exceptional talent of BEMF artists in the comfort of your own home with our ENCORE! Virtual Festival. The Virtual Festival showcases a curated selection of operas and concerts from the June 2025 Festival in Boston, recorded live by GRAMMY-winning audio engineer Antonio Oliart Ros and acclaimed videographer Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films.

CENTERPIECE OPERA
Keiser's Octavia
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Dance Director

Emőke Baráth, Octavia
Douglas Ray Williams, Nero

CHAMBER OPERA
Telemann's Pimpinone and Ino
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin
& Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Stage Directors
Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director

Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Vespetta
Christian Immler, Pimpinone
Amanda Forsythe, Ino
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Arlecchino

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FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière
& Hubert Hazebroucq, dancers

Rivers of Splendor: Handel’s & Telemann’s Water Music

Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble & Friends
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Emőke Baráth, Amanda Forsythe,
Danielle Reutter-Harrah & Teresa Wakim, soprano
Aaron Sheehan & Jason McStoots, tenor
Christian Immler, bass-baritone

Starry, Starry Night: Music of Monteverdi, Rossi, Carissimi, and Steffani