Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Enjoy excerpts from Opera Prima and Amanda Forsythe's concert with BEMF from February 2025. Video by Kathy Wittman, Ball Square Films.
The magnificent soprano Amanda Forsythe joins with Opera Prima return to BEMF on Friday, October 17, 2025 in Boston! Celebrated viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin leads a gorgeous program of music exploring the Galant style that was in vogue across western Europe during the middle of the 18th century. The complexity and formal structure of the Baroque gives way to a charismatic beauty and captivating elegance that was still grounded by a virtuosic basso continuo. Forsythe—a favorite of BEMF audiences and longtime collaborator with Contadin—is showcased in sparkling arias alongside charming concertos and sinfonias from such Galant masters as Hasse, Abel, Tartini, C. P. E. Bach, the brothers Johann Gottlieb and Carl Heinrich Graun, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Learn more at bemf.org/concert-season/opera-prima
Enjoy excerpts from Opera Prima and Amanda Forsythe's concert with BEMF from February 2025. Video by Kathy Wittman, Ball Square Films.
The magnificent soprano Amanda Forsythe joins with Opera Prima return to BEMF on Friday, October 17, 2025 in Boston! Celebrated viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin leads a gorgeous program of music exploring the Galant style that was in vogue across western Europe during the middle of the 18th century. The complexity and formal structure of the Baroque gives way to a charismatic beauty and captivating elegance that was still grounded by a virtuosic basso continuo. Forsythe—a favorite of BEMF audiences and longtime collaborator with Contadin—is showcased in sparkling arias alongside charming concertos and sinfonias from such Galant masters as Hasse, Abel, Tartini, C. P. E. Bach, the brothers Johann Gottlieb and Carl Heinrich Graun, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Learn more at bemf.org/concert-season/opera-prima
