Versailles, Portrait of a Royal Domain

Boston Early Music Festival 
Chamber Opera Series: Versailles, Portrait of a Royal Domain 
Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs de Versailles & Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles

The GRAMMY Award-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents an all-new, semi-staged production of French Baroque chamber operas by Charpentier and Lalande exalting the splendor and majesty of the palace of Versailles alongside excerpts from Lully’s Atys.

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs Musical Directors 
Gilbert Blin Stage Director 
Carlos Fittante Choreographer 
Anna Watkins Costume Designer 
Melinda Sullivan Dance Director
Robert Mealy Concertmaster 
BEMF Vocal Ensemble:
Mireille Asselin, Jesse Blumberg, Olivier Laquerre, Mireille Lebel, Jason McStoots, Oliver Mercer, Sophie Michaux, Molly Netter, Aaron Sheehan, Margot Rood, John Taylor Ward, & Virginia Warnken 
BEMF Chamber Ensemble & BEMF Dance Company