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