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
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.)
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.)