Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Available now on the CPO label, Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles and Le Concert d’Esculape is the latest Baroque Opera CD from the GRAMMY Award–winning Boston Early Music Festival. Learn more at bemf.org/recordings/lalandes-les-fontaines-de-versailles
Please consider a donation to support BEMF's Baroque Opera Recording Fund. Learn more at bemf.org/support-bemf
Premiering on Thursday, September 24 at 7pm (EST) Executive Director Kathleen Fay hosts our first-ever Virtual CD Release Party! Artistic Directors Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Opera Director Gilbert Blin, Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and Dance Director Melinda Sullivan discuss the process of creating these stunning productions and recordings, with special insights from GRAMMY-winning Recording Engineer Renate Wolter-Seevers. Cast members Aaron Sheehan, Margot Rood, Jesse Blumberg, and John Taylor Ward share personal stories about the hard work and great fun that goes on backstage and before the recording microphone is turned to the "on" position! Featuring video excerpts of our 2016 production of Lalande's Les Fontaines de Versailles from videographer Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films and recording engineer Frank Cunningham.
PHOTOGRAPHER CREDITS:
► Kathy Wittman ballsquarefilms.com
► André Costantini andrecostantini.com
► Rolf Schoellkopf https://re-note.eu/
► Matt Wan
Available now on the CPO label, Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles and Le Concert d’Esculape is the latest Baroque Opera CD from the GRAMMY Award–winning Boston Early Music Festival. Learn more at bemf.org/recordings/lalandes-les-fontaines-de-versailles
Please consider a donation to support BEMF's Baroque Opera Recording Fund. Learn more at bemf.org/support-bemf
Premiering on Thursday, September 24 at 7pm (EST) Executive Director Kathleen Fay hosts our first-ever Virtual CD Release Party! Artistic Directors Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Opera Director Gilbert Blin, Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and Dance Director Melinda Sullivan discuss the process of creating these stunning productions and recordings, with special insights from GRAMMY-winning Recording Engineer Renate Wolter-Seevers. Cast members Aaron Sheehan, Margot Rood, Jesse Blumberg, and John Taylor Ward share personal stories about the hard work and great fun that goes on backstage and before the recording microphone is turned to the "on" position! Featuring video excerpts of our 2016 production of Lalande's Les Fontaines de Versailles from videographer Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films and recording engineer Frank Cunningham.
PHOTOGRAPHER CREDITS:
► Kathy Wittman ballsquarefilms.com
► André Costantini andrecostantini.com
► Rolf Schoellkopf https://re-note.eu/
► Matt Wan
