2023 Virtual Festival | Caccini's Alcina

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BEMF Chamber Opera

Alcina in Boston | Evening Performance: Saturday, June 10 at 8pm

New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Alcina in the Berkshires | Evening Performance: Friday, June 23 at 8pm

Matinée Performance: Saturday, June 24 at 3pm

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA

Alcina in Caramoor | Matinée Performance: Sunday, June 25 at 4pm

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Venetian Theater, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York

Music by Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641)

Libretto by Ferdinando Saracinelli (d. 1640)

Final ballo music by Emilio de’ Cavalieri (ca. 1550–1602)

Final ballo text by Laura Guidiccioni (1550–1597)

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors

Gilbert Blin, Stage Director

Robert Mealy, Concertmaster

Melinda Sullivan, Movement Coordinator

Anna Watkins, Costume Designer

Kelly Martin, Lighting Designer

Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer

Bernice K. Chen

Sponsor of Gilbert Blin, Stage Director

Joan Margot Smith

Sponsor of Anna Watkins, Costume Designer

John Felton and Marty Gottron

Sponsors of Paul O’Dette, Musical Co-Director

Harold I. Pratt

Sponsor of Sarah Darling, violin and viola

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway

Sponsors of Douglas Williams, bass-baritone

WILLIAMS
2023 BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 251
Boston Early Music Festival extends heartfelt thanks to the following generous friends for their leadership support

Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble

Mireille Lebel, Alcina

Colin Balzer, Ruggiero

Cecilia Duarte, Melissa

Hannah De Priest, Nola Richardson, Megan Stapleton, Teresa Wakim, soprano

Mindy Ella Chu, Kameryn Lueng, mezzo-soprano

David Evans, Brian Giebler, Kyle Stegall, tenor

Michael Galvin, Douglas Williams, bass-baritone

Daniel Fridley, bass

Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

Robert Mealy, concertmaster

Julie Andrijeski, violin

Sarah Darling, violin & viola

David Morris, lirone & viola da gamba

Christel Thielmann, viola da gamba & recorder

Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba

Kathryn Montoya, recorder

Héloïse Degrugillier, recorder

Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp

Michael Sponseller, harpsichord, organ & regal

Paul O’Dette, lute & Baroque guitar

Stephen Stubbs, chitarrone & Baroque guitar

W Double-manual German harpsichord by Allan Winkler, Medford, Massachusetts, 1989, X after Fleischer, property of the Boston Early Music Festival.

W Michael von Clemm Continuo Organ by Henk Klop, 2006, X courtesy of the Memorial Church, Harvard University. (Boston performance only.)

W Italian “Nuovolone” triple harp (after the painting La familia del artista Brera) X by Claus Henry Hüttel, Düren, 2023, property of the Boston Early Music Festival.

W Continuo organ by the Klop Workshop, The Netherlands, 2003, X provided by Baroque Keyboards. (Mahaiwe and Caramoor performances only.)

W Regal by Meloni & Farrier Organbuilders, New York, 2017. X (Mahaiwe and Caramoor performances only.)

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Alcina cast in order of appearance

Prologue

Nettunno

Vistola Fiume

Douglas Williams

Kyle Stegall

Coro di Nume dell’Acque:

Mindy Ella Chu, Hannah De Priest, David Evans, Daniel Fridley, Michael Galvin, Brian Giebler, Kameryn Lueng, Nola Richardson, Megan Stapleton, Kyle Stegall, Teresa Wakim, Douglas Williams

Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble

Mireille Lebel, Alcina

Colin Balzer, Ruggiero

La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina

Cecilia Duarte, Melissa

Melissa Cecilia Duarte

Hannah De Priest, Nola Richardson, Megan Stapleton, Teresa Wakim, soprano

Coro di Damigelle:

Mindy Ella Chu, Kameryn Lueng, mezzo-soprano

Teresa Wakim, Nola Richardson, Kameryn Lueng

David Evans, Brian Giebler, Kyle Stegall, tenor

Michael Galvin, Douglas Williams, bass-baritone

Ruggiero

Colin Balzer

Daniel Fridley, bass

Alcina Pastore

Sirena

Mireille Lebel

Brian Giebler

Teresa Wakim

Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

Coro delle Piante Incantate:

Hannah De Priest, Megan Stapleton, Mindy Ella Chu, Kyle Stegall, Douglas Williams, Michael Galvin

Robert Mealy, concertmaster

Julie Andrijeski, violin

Oreste Nunzia Nola Richardson

Sarah Darling, violin & viola

David Morris, lirone & viola da gamba

Coro di Mostri:

Christel Thielmann, viola da gamba & recorder

Colin Balzer, Mindy Ella Chu, Hannah De Priest, Cecilia Duarte, David Evans, Daniel Fridley, Michael Galvin, Brian Giebler, Mireille Lebel, Kameryn Lueng, Nola Richardson, Megan Stapleton, Kyle Stegall, Teresa Wakim, Douglas Williams

Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba

Kathryn Montoya, recorder

Héloïse Degrugillier, recorder

Dama Disincantata David Evans

Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp

Astolfo

Michael Sponseller, harpsichord, organ & regal

Hannah De Priest

Paul O’Dette, lute & Baroque guitar

Coro di Cavalieri Liberati:

Hannah De Priest, Megan Stapleton, Mindy Ella Chu, Kyle Stegall, David Evans, Douglas Williams

Stephen Stubbs, chitarrone & Baroque guitar

W Double-manual German harpsichord by Allan Winkler, Medford, Massachusetts, 1989, X after Fleischer, property of the Boston Early Music Festival.

Epilogue

Tre Donne:

Teresa Wakim, Cecilia Duarte, Mireille Lebel

W Michael von Clemm Continuo Organ by Henk Klop, 2006, X courtesy of the Memorial Church, Harvard University. (Boston performance only.)

Coro:

Colin Balzer, Mindy Ella Chu, Hannah De Priest, Cecilia Duarte, David Evans, Daniel Fridley, Michael Galvin, Brian Giebler, Mireille Lebel, Kameryn Lueng, Nola Richardson, Megan Stapleton, Kyle Stegall, Teresa Wakim, Douglas Williams

W Italian “Nuovolone” triple harp (after the painting La familia del artista Brera) X by Claus Henry Hüttel, Düren, 2023, property of the Boston Early Music Festival. W Continuo organ by the Klop Workshop, The Netherlands, 2003, X provided by Baroque Keyboards. (Mahaiwe and Caramoor performances only.)

There will be one intermission

W Regal by Meloni & Farrier Organbuilders, New York, 2017. X (Mahaiwe and Caramoor performances only.)

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