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