Organization

Boston Early Music Festival

Conductor

Paul O'Dette

Stephen Stubbs

Stage director

Gilbert Blin

Concertmaster

Robert Mealy

Dance Director

Melinda Sullivan

Costume designer

Gwen van den Eijnde

Lighting designer

Kelly Martin

Singer

Danielle Reutter-Harrah

Soprano

Teresa Wakim

Mireille Lebel

Mezzosoprano

Mindy Ella Chu

Jason McStoots

Tenor

James Reese

Aaron Sheehan

John Taylor Ward

Bass-baritone

Jonathan Woody

Others

Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble

French

BEMF Chamber Opera on tour

New York City

United States

The Morgan Library and Museum

Gilder Lehrman Hall

Aventura

BEMF Chamber Opera on tour: Idylle sur la Paix (+1 More)

Public

Private

Idylle sur la Paix

La Fête de Rueil, H 485

Approved

Since 1980, the Boston Early Music Festival has been at the forefront for excellence in the field of Early Music throughout North America. BEMF began co-presenting concerts and opera productions at the Morgan in 2006. 

Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil were each commissioned in 1685 for lavish garden parties planned by French courtiers to celebrate King Louis XIV. In this semi-staged production, both pieces feature an idyllic utopia where shepherds in the French countryside celebrate a recent truce “given” to Europe by the Sun King. The genius of Charpentier and Lully raises these formal tributes to musical masterpieces where dazzling singing combines with charming dances in a vivid depiction of the people’s desire for peace.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble