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Boston Early Music Festival: Early opera quadruple bill

Boston Early Music Festival

It's an incredible quadruple (!) bill with two performances of Marc-Antoine Charpentier and two of Michel-Richard de Lalande.

Boston Early Music Festival presents Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Les Arts Florissants by Charpentier, followed by Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles and Le Concert d’Esculape (August 6), featuring Teresa Wakim, Virginia Warnken, Jesse Blumberg, and more.

Hear all four operas Saturday at 1 p.m. on Classical IPR.

Composers: Marc-Antoine Charpentier & Michel-Richard de Lalande

Venue: Bremen Broadcasting Hall, Germany

Presenting Company: Boston Early Music Festival

CAST:

(Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs de Versailles)

La Musique Teresa Wakim

Le Conversation Virginia Warnken

Comus Jesse Blumberg

Le Jeu Jason McStoots

Un Plaisir Aaron Sheehan

(Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants)

La Musique Teresa Wakim

L’Architecture Virginia Warnken

La Discorde Jesse Blumberg

La Peinture Aaron Sheehan

La Paix Margot Reed

La Poésie Molly Netter

Un Guerrier John Taylor Ward

(Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles)

Latone Virginia Warnken

Flore Molly Netter

Apollon Aaron Sheehan

Cérès Sophie Michaux

Encelade John Taylor Ward

Bacchus Brian Giebler

La Renommée Margot Rood

Comus, Dieu de Festins Jesse Blumberg

Le Dieu du Canal Olivier Laquerre

(Lalande’s Le Concert d’Esculape)

Soprano solo Virginia Warnken

Mezzo-soprano solo Teresa Wakim

Tenor solo Jason McStoots

Tenor solo Aaron Sheehan

Baritone solo John Taylor Ward

Baritone solo Jesse Blumberg

Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

Chorus: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble

Music Directors: Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs

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