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Boston Early Music Festival

Singer

Countertenor

Aaron Sheehan

Orphée

Soprano

Mireille Asselin

Proserpine

Bass-baritone

Jesse Blumberg

Apollon

Tyler Duncan

Pluton

Jason McStoots

Ixion

Carrie Henneman Shaw

Euridice

Teresa Wakim

Énone

Brenna Wells

Daphné

Tenor

Zachary Wilder

Tantale

Conductor

Paul O'Dette

Stephen Stubbs

Stage director

Gilbert Blin

Costume designer

Anna Watkins

Choreographer

Melinda Sullivan

La descente d'Orphée aux Enfers -  (The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld)

Victoria

Canada

McPherson Playhouse

La descente d'Orphée aux Enfers Charpentier,M

The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld

Approved

Aaron Sheehan (Orphée) and the Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles. Recorded November 26, 2011. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Dire...

Charpentier's La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers

Only days after the conclusion of BEMF’s June 2013 Festival, members of BEMF’s Vocal and Chamber Ensembles travelled to the acoustically brilliant Sendesaal Studio in Bremen, Germany to make a recording of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs for CPO (Classic Produktion Osnabrück). BEMF Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs led the recording which features many singers from past BEMF recordings, including Aaron Sheehan, Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Wakim, and Mireille Lebel as well as seven additional BEMF Vocal Ensemble members. BEMF Orchestra Director Robert Mealy served as concertmaster of the ten-member BEMF Chamber Ensemble and BEMF Opera Director Gilbert Blin served as Drama Coach. This recording was released in March 2014, to coincide with BEMF’s North American tour of the same repertoire.

English

The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld by Charpentier, M., From (2014/2014), Directed by Gilbert Blin,, Conductor Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, McPherson Playhouse, Victoria, Canada

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