2023/24 Season: I Gemelli

I Gemelli

EMILIANO GONZALEZ TORO, Director & tenor ZACHARY WILDER, tenor

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International Baroque Opera • Celebrated Concerts • World-Famous Exhibition

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“The style of each composer may be more or less original; there is only one Bach, whose style is utterly original and utterly his own.”

—Johann Friedrich Reichardt on C. P. E. Bach in 1774

Published by The Packard Humanities Institute cpebach.org

CELEBRATING MUSIC AND PLACE

18–24 OCTOBER 2024

Photograph ©Ben Ealovega

ATOL 3622 | ABTOT 5468 | AITO 5085

The south-east corner of Sicily is blessed with many delights, among them a number of gorgeous 18th- and 19th-century theatres. This festival presents five performances in a selection of these atmospheric buildings, all of which are located amid breathtakingly beautiful Baroque towns and cities. Stay throughout in historic Ortygia, one of the loveliest coastal towns in Italy.

MARTIN RANDALL FESTIVALS bring together world-class musicians for a sequence of private concerts in Europe’s most glorious buildings, many of which are not normally accessible. We take care of all logistics, from flights and hotels to pre-concert talks. Festivals in 2024 also include: Salzburg String Quartet Festival (7–12 May), Mozart Along the Danube (28 July– 4 August) and The Divine Office (30 September– 4 October).

Find out more: martinrandall.com 1-800-988-6168

The Morgan Library& Museum

Exhibitions Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals Through January 14, 2024

Morgan’s Bibles: Splendor in Scripture Through January 21, 2024

Music at the Morgan

Spirit and Invention: Drawings by Ying Li, piano Giambattista and Domenico Young Concert Artists Tiepolo Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Through January 28, 2024

12 PM

Medieval Money, Merchants, and Opera Prima Morality Tormento Seicento: Love and torment in the music of Through March 10, 2024

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature February 23 through June 9, 2024

Monteverdi, Rossi, Merula, Caccini, and others Boston Early Music Festival Thursday, February 1, 2024 7:30 PM

Les Arts Florissants

Monteverdi and Carissimi Tuesday, February 13, 2024 7:30 PM For information visit themorgan.org/programs St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble

The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street New York City

The concert program is made possible by assistance from Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky, the Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation, the Esther Simon Charitable Trust, the Witherspoon Fund of the New York Community Trust, the Theodore H. Barth Foundation, and the following endowed funds: the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund for Concerts and Lectures; and the Celia Ascher Endowment Fund.

Upper: Ying-Li, photography by Shervin Lainez. Lower: Leaf of a Register of Creditors of a Bolognese Lending Society, Italy, Bologna, ca.

1390–1400. Single leaf. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1056, fol. 1v detail.

WELCOM E Dear Friends, We are delighted to welcome you to the second event of our 34th Season: Le Poème Harmonique, on Friday, October 27, presented against the backdrop of NEC’s magnificent Jordan Hall.

A selection of even earlier Italian Baroque masterworks are featured as we celebrate the return in mid-November of one of BEMF’s favorites, the incisive tenor Zachary Wilder, who partners with fellow tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and his dynamic ensemble of eight instrumentalists, I Gemelli, founded in 2018 by Gonzalez Toro and soprano Mathilde Étienne. They make their BEMF début with “A Room of Mirrors,” a program of expressive and dazzling duets from the rich repertoire of the period, with works by d’India, Frescobaldi, Calestani, Marini, Castello, Turini, Falconieri, and Gregori. This program will also be presented in New York City at the Morgan Library & Museum on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 7:30pm.

We hope you enjoy this performance, and that you will return to Jordan Hall over Thanksgiving Weekend for BEMF’s spectacular new Chamber Opera Series production, The Dragon of Wantley.

Thank you for joining us for tonight’s performance, whether live or virtually, and as always, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your continued support of and enthusiasm for the Boston Early Music Festival.

Kathleen Fay Executive Director

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Concert Program Program Notes Artist Profiles Texts & Translations About BEMF Friends of BEMF

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AR T IS T IC L E AD E R SHIP Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors Gilbert Blin, Opera Director Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director Melinda Sullivan, Lucy Graham Dance Director

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B OAR D OF OVE R S E E R S Diane Britton | Gregory E. Bulger | James S. Nicolson Amanda Pond | Robert Strassler | Donald E. Vaughan

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M E M B ER S OF T HE B E M F C OR PORATION Jon Aaron Debra K.S. Anderson Kathryn Bertelli Mary Briggs Diane Britton Douglas M. Brooks Gregory E. Bulger Julian G. Bullitt Deborah Ferro Burke John A. Carey Anne P. Chalmers Bernice K. Chen Joel I. Cohen Brit d’Arbeloff Vivian Day Mary Deissler Peter L. DeWolf JoAnne W. Dickinson Richard J. Dix Alan Durfee Michael Ellmann Peter L. Faber Emily C. Farnsworth Kathleen Fay Lori Fay John Felton Frances C. Fitch Claire Fontijn James A. Glazier Marty Gottron Carol A. Haber David Halstead George L. Hardman

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Ellen T. Harris Rebecca Harris-Warrick Richard Hester Jessica Honigberg Jennifer Ritvo Hughes Edward B. Kellogg Thomas F. Kelly Glenn A. KnicKrehm Christine Kodis John Krzywicki Kathryn Kucharski Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Ellen Kushner Christopher Laconi Lois A. Lampson Thomas G. MacCracken William Magretta Bill McJohn Miles Morgan Nancy Netzer Amy H. Nicholls James S. Nicolson Bettina A. Norton Scott Offen Lorna E. Oleck Henry P.M. Paap James M. Perrin Bici Pettit-Barron Amanda Pond Melvyn Pond Paul Rabin Christa Rakich Lee S. Ridgway

Michael Rigsby Douglas M. Robbe Michael Robbins Susan L. Robinson Patsy Rogers Wendy Rolfe-Dunham Loretto Roney Thomas Roney Ellen Rosand Valerie Sarles David W. Scudder Andrew Sigel Jacob Skowronek Arlene Snyder Jon Solins Robert Strassler Ganesh Sundaram Adrian C. Touw Peggy Ueda Donald E. Vaughan Ingeborg von Huene† Nikolaus von Huene Howard J. Wagner Benjamin D. Weiss Ruth S. Westheimer Allan Winkler Hal Winslow Christoph Wolff Arnold B. Zetcher Ellen Zetcher

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Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors

2023/24 SEASON n ONLINE PREMIERE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: OCTOBER 28 – NOVEMBER 11

Cappella Pratensis & Sollazzo Ensemble

n FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 | 8PM VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: NOVEMBER 10 – NOVEMBER 24

Le Poème Harmonique VINCENT DUMESTRE, Director

n SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 | 8PM VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: DECEMBER 2 – DECEMBER 16

I Gemelli

EMILIANO GONZALEZ TORO, Director & tenor ZACHARY WILDER, tenor

JOHN FREDERICK LAMPE’S

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2023 | 8PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2023 | 3PM

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n FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8

8PM | St. Paul Church, Cambridge

The Tallis Scholars PETER PHILLIPS, director

WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED

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8PM | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Opera Prima

CRISTIANO CONTADIN, Director AMANDA FORSYTHE, soprano TORMENTO SEICENTO: Love and torment in the music of Monteverdi, Rossi, Merula, Caccini, and others

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8PM | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Le Consort

A JOURNEY THROUGH BAROQUE EUROPE: Music by Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell, Rameau, and others

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8PM | NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston

Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles PAUL O’DETTE & STEPHEN STUBBS, Musical Directors

A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS: Marco Marazzoli’s extravagant musical entertainments

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8PM | NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston

Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI LE NUOVE MUSICHE: The Baroque Revolution in Europe (1560–1660)

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8PM | St. Paul Church, Cambridge

Stile Antico

A DIVINE HOPE: Dante’s journey from inferno to paradise 2 0 23/20 2 4 SEASON

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Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their leadership support of our 2023/24 Season:

o Glenn A. KnicKrehm and Constellation Charitable Foundation

Sponsors of the November 2023 Chamber Opera Series production of The Dragon of Wantley

David M. Kozak and Anne Pistell

Sponsors of the December 2023 performance by The Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips, Director

David Halstead and Jay Santos

Sponsors of the October 2023 performance by Le Poème Harmonique

Susan L. Robinson

Sponsor of the November 2023 performance by I Gemelli

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway

Sponsors of Zachary Wilder, tenor, for his November 2023 performance with I Gemelli and Douglas Williams, Gubbins, for his November 2023 Chamber Opera Series performance in The Dragon of Wantley

Bernice K. Chen

Sponsor of Gilbert Blin, Stage Director, for the November 2023 Chamber Opera Series production of The Dragon of Wantley

o Not only do Named Gifts help provide the crucial financial support required to present a full season of extraordinary performances, but they are doubly meaningful in that they send a message of thanks to your most beloved artist, musicians, and directors—that their work means something to you.

You can help make this list grow. For more information about investing in BEMF performances with a Named Gift, please email Kathleen Fay at kathy@bemf.org, or call the BEMF office at 617-661-1812. Your support makes a difference. Thank you.

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PRESENTS

I Gemelli Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Director & tenor Zachary Wilder, tenor

A Room of Mirrors Quella che tanto

Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649)

Dove ten vai

Francesco Turini (ca. 1589–1656)

La vecchia innamorata

Biagio Marini (1594–1663)

Langue al vostro languir

Sigismondo d’India (ca. 1582–1629)

Giunto alla tomba

d’India

Folia echa para mi señora

Se l’aura spira Damigella tutta bella

Andrea Falconieri (1585/86–1656) Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) Vincenzo Calestani (1589–after 1617)

Piangono al pianger mio Sonata quarta

d’India Dario Castello (1602–1631)

Dialogo della rosa

d’India

Mai non disciolgasi

Annibale Gregori (d. 1633)

The Boston Early Music Festival thanks SUSAN L. ROBINSON for her leadership support of tonight’s performance by I Gemelli and

DONALD E. VAUGHAN and LEE S. RIDGWAY

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Single-manual Italian harpsichord of Zuckermann design, Stonington, Connecticut, 2015, property of New England Conservatory.

Continuo organ by Bennett & Giuttari, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, property of New England Conservatory.

LIVE CONCERT Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 8pm New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts VIRTUAL CONCERT Saturday, December 2, 2023 – Saturday, December 16, 2023 BEMF.org

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Stéphanie Paulet & Leonor De Lera, violin Louise Pierrard, viola da gamba Annabelle Luis, violoncello Nacho Laguna, theorbo & Baroque guitar Pablo Fitzgerald, lute Marie-Domitille Murez, harp Yoko Nakamura, harpsichord & organ Zachary Wilder, tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Director & tenor

Program subject to change.

Ball Square Films & Kathy Wittman, Video Production Antonio Oliart Ros, Recording Engineer

I Gemelli ensemble is supported by the city of Geneva, Adami, SPEDIDAM, CNM, Fondation Orange, Institut Français, and the city of Toulouse.

The 2023–2024 season is made possible thanks to the generous support of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet, main patron of the ensemble.

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PR O GRA M NOT E S “Mirrors: to this day, no expertise can explain the key to what you truly are.”

R. M. Rilke, The Sonnets to Orpheus, II, 3

REFLECTIONS AND ECHOES

Few metaphors are quite as rich as that of the mirror: object and symbol, pretense or truth revealed, it illustrates the dissonance between doubt and certainty.

A favorite theme for theologians and mystics since the Middle Ages, from Hildegard von Bingen to St. Augustine, the symbolic mirror is often Scripture itself. In the Renaissance, the theme of the Speculum Mundi (the Mirror of the World) is part of a double history of reflection, a double speculation inherited from Plato: the “know thyself” of Alcibiades, where the eyes of others are both mirror and regard, but also the mirage of the shadows in the Allegory of the Cave.

This notion reappears in L’Orfeo by Monteverdi and Striggio, with the image of Man wandering among the echoes of the Kingdom of Shadows, then his apotheosis as a transfigured reflection of the Eye of the World. But these are vestiges of an idea deeply entrenched in the Renaissance.

The start of the seventeenth century marked the beginning of the end of Harmonia Mundi and humanism. This broken harmony is an echo of Giordano Bruno’s shattered mirror: the unit of the universe now arises from a diversity of disparate pieces, put together, themselves forming a whole.

filling palaces and churches. The Baroque period flourished in a fluctuating, theatrical universe: it is the golden age of cabinets of mirrors, halls of mirrors, catoptric theatres, astonishing anamorphous paintings, where deformed shapes are set to rights by magical mirrors.

The Baroque spectacle is that of lies, madness, and dizzying unreality. For the universe is trapped in a permanent state of instability, a complex, endless twisting. Man wandering the world is like the disoriented spectator of “trompe l’oeil” art, taken in by his own perceptions, like a dancer surrounded by mirrors, according to Kircher.

The late sixteenth century saw a crisis of certainty in a world in profound mutation. Poetry and art portrayed the theme of metamorphosis as an impression of reality in flight: the mirror has become a symbol of the fleeting, of instability and uncertainty. Juxtaposed with the Penitent Magdalene, it elicits a meditation on the vanity of man. Held in the hand of the last king of Scotland, in the imaginary vision of Macbeth (IV, 1), it conveys the image of a nightmare. It is the lover’s inconsistency, an obsession with death, dreams, madness where blind chance reigns supreme.

The motif of the mirror associated with water runs through the great European poetry movement following in the steps of Petrarch,

The new perception of the universe, between doubt and certainty, fiction and truth, follows the inexorable progress of optical science: Galileo, Kircher, Kepler, and Descartes redraw the map of the cosmos, putting mankind in orbit while exploring the infinitesimally small and the oddities of perception. It is the new reign of metamorphosis and anamorphosis.

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perfectly echoed in the mannerists (Sannazar, Ronsard, Stigliani, Tristan L’Hermite, Desmarets, Marino, and others). The Baroques saw in this theme a disturbing double image: water is a natural mirror, whether flowing fast or deceptively calm. It represents the vain hope of the poet, who, leaning over a well, seeks to find the memory of the woman reflected there.

But the theme of water and its infinite transformations also illustrates the success of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in particular the mortal seductions of the amorous mirror represented by the myth of Narcissus. For the seventeenth-century poets, the myth of Echo, corollary of Narcissus, enjoyed considerable popularity (echo verse, with the last words of a line repeated, even became a genre in its own right). The vocalis nymphe symbolizes the poetsinger’s representation of himself and of his own art; the myth of the voice confounds idea, reflection, and sound experience, placing the singer as both subject and object; it exacerbates the vanity of the mirage, and crystallizes the lyrical melancholy of the early seventeenth century.

A CHAMBER OF MIRRORS

The giant against whom all Italian composers were measured throughout the seventeenth century was Monteverdi, the absolute monarch of vocal music and, if not inventor, at least the genial promoter of new forms. We have chosen to focus on the reflections of this tutelary figure, evoking the master rather than the citer.

It was Monteverdi who “invented” the opera duet, and more precisely the tenor duet, in L’Orfeo (1607), representing the dialogue between Orpheus and Apollo in a virtuosic and symbiotic style: the voices entwine in a profusion of melisma in which it is difficult to distinguish which of the two gods is the father and which the son. The technique was further developed in the seventh book of madrigals by that same Monteverdi, a genuine laboratory of modern music.

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early seventeenth century. We have chosen to represent the peak of the Baroque era, in a program that mirrors the tutelary figure of the great Claudio. Here, the Damigella is not that of the Scherzi Musicali, but a piece by Calestani; Dove ten vai is a direct quotation from L’Orfeo, but in a duet version by Turini, while Gregori’s boisterous ciaccona is an obvious reference to Zefiro torna.

Here the poems seem to be able to change musical garb, with composers setting many of these same works to music. Poets and musicians echo each other as if in a hypnotic hall of mirrors, with the Baroque predilection for arabesques and volutes.

In addition to the Baroque period’s circumvolutions and exuberance of form, we have included its taste for the bizarre: raw dissonances passed down from the madrigal and strange harmonies (Giunto alla tomba) give the program a touch of spice. A Room of Mirrors reflects a time when all forms lived together in contrast and profusion.

Seventeenth-century opera was modelled on a fusion of great genres: the commedia dell’arte playing on contrasts, tragi-comedy reflecting the ambivalence of life, and the pastorale with its optical illusion techniques (disguises, magic, metamorphoses, fantasy, extraordinary events, and mirrors). In our little Theatrum Mundi, the sublime pathos of Tancred’s lament counters the drinking song (with its erotic overtones) in Damigella tutta bella, the burlesque comedy of the Vecchia innamorata rejoins the ethereal pastorale of the Dialogo della rosa, while the gentle melancholy of Se l’aura spira is transformed into an instrumental folia.

The Gemelli theme also applies to the instruments and their new forms: the incoming violin rivalling for virtuosity and expressivity with the tenors’ voices. The viols sing (Langue al vostro languir), while the trebles flutter over the ostinato basses, breaking free of the dance through the technique of variation. Before parting ways, voices and instruments blend and intertwine, giving us a short glimpse of the extraordinary musical creativity of the time. n —Mathilde Étienne Translation by Elizabeth Cencetti 15

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ARTIS T PROF IL E S

In 2019, the ensemble I Gemelli made a remarkable début on the international Baroque scene with an acclaimed first disc (Cozzolani’s Vespro, rewarded by a Choc Classica, Toccata’s CD of the month, and Diapason d’Or 2019) followed by Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. The ensemble continued to build momentum with the release of Soleil noir, a recital dedicated to Francesco Rasi (Diapason d’Or 2021, Diamant Opéra Magazine, Opera News Critics Choice, ffff Télérama…) and of L’Orfeo (5 Diapasons, Diamant d’Opéra Magazine, Figaro’s Disc of the Year…).

Founded in 2018 by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Étienne, the ensemble I Gemelli specializes in 17th-century vocal music. Its vocation is to champion the major pieces of this period as well as lesser-known or even unpublished scores.

Unlike a leadership coming from the orchestra pit or the continuo, the ensemble follows a conductor-singer in a declamatory investigation, adapting to the rhetoric of the text. Historically informed, the ensemble I Gemelli plays on period instruments, collaborating closely with academics and musicologists for the development of each program. The guest artists are both leading figures on the international scene and talents from the new generation of singers and instrumentalists.

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I Gemelli has performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra de Versailles, Capitole de Toulouse, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Arsenal de Metz, and Angers-Nantes Opéra. The ensemble has been invited to the festivals of Ambronay, Sablé, Pontoise, Freiburg, Regensburg, La Moutte, Krakow, Vilnius, Royan, Carouge, Onex, Kretinga, Quimper, to the Concerts d’Automne Tours, as well as the Grands Concerts de Lyon.

In 2022, the label Gemelli Factory was created in order to carry out the ambitious projects of the ensemble and its artists, providing the necessary means for a controlled phonographic production.

The first disc released by Gemelli Factory, A Room of Mirrors, immediately impressed the public and the critics by getting a Gramophone Editor’s Choice, a Diapason d’Or, a Diamant d’Opéra Magazine, a Clé resmusica, a Clic Classique News, Opera News Critic’s Choice, and a Coup de cœur Forumopéra.

In 2023, Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria garnered the highest distinctions upon its release: Diapason d’Or, CHOC Classica, Diamant d’Opéra Magazine, and others. The 2023–2024 season sees the ensemble’s début in Belgium, Spain, the United States, and Canada, as well as the recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers for Gemelli Factory. n 17

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and very recently, Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.

If he is one of the most inventive figures on the musical scene, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro is first and foremost an exceptional singer: with his technical mastery, a beauty of tone, his inventive expressiveness, and a passionate love of texts, he has tackled the masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries with the greatest ensembles and the greatest conductors.

From Paris (Opéra de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Châtelet, Philharmonie) to Amsterdam (Concertgebouw and Opera), from Toulouse (Théâtre du Capitole), Lille (Opéra), Strasbourg (Opéra du Rhin) to Zürich (Opéra and Tonhalle), Barcelona (Teatre del Liceu, Palau de la Música, and L’Auditori), Madrid (Teatro Real and Auditorio nacional), and Geneva (Grand Théâtre and Victoria Hall), Emiliano has been applauded all over Europe.

French Baroque opera is one of the main artistic thrusts of his activity. Rameau occupies a central place: he has performed the title role in Platée with Christophe Rousset and Dardanus with Raphaël Pichon, and multiple roles in Les Paladins with William Christie. Lully is not ignored, as witness Roland, Alceste, Armide, and Phaéton sung with Christophe Rousset.

Emiliano’s breathtaking virtuosity makes him an ideal interpreter of the masters of opera seria: Aquilo in Farnace with Diego Fasolis and Vitaliano in Il Giustino with Ottavio Dantone, Andrea Marcon, and René Jacobs for Vivaldi; Giuliano in Rodrigo and Tempo in Il trionfo del Tempo with Thibault Noally, and of course the tenor part in Messiah with Hervé Niquet for Handel. Emiliano regularly takes on Mozart roles, such as Agenore in Il re pastore with William Christie, alongside Rolando Villazon; the High Priest in Idomeneo with Emmanuelle Haïm then Jérémie Rhorer, 2 023/ 20 2 4 SEASON

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro founded the ensemble I Gemelli with Mathilde Étienne to share his vast experience of the Italian Seicento (in particular, Claudio Monteverdi), which he loves and serves marvellously. In 2019, I Gemelli made a stunning début at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with L’Orfeo, the most emblematic work of all, with Emiliano singing the title role. Shortly afterward, the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse hosted this production for two evenings, followed by an equally acclaimed semi-staged version at L’Arsenal in Metz. In 2021, he conducted and sang the title role in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria before taking on L’incoronazione di Poppea in May 2023, two productions that he conducted at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, and L’Arsenal in Metz.

In September 2023, the Gemelli Factory label released a recording of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. This new work by the I Gemelli ensemble, co-directed by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Étienne, was immediately awarded a Diapason d’Or, a Choc by Classica, and a Diamant by Opéra Magazine.

The 2023–2024 season opened with a major tour of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, taking in Europe’s greatest concert halls. Emiliano will be conducting and singing Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine in Geneva, as a prelude to the recording for Gemelli Factory (to be released in 2025).

Other collaborations include the role of Dancaire in Carmen with René Jacobs, and Aeneas in Graupner’s Dido, Queen of Carthage with La Cetra in Basel and Amsterdam with Andrea Marcon. Emiliano will also be touring and recording Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon.

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With a commanding vocal presence and a captivating musical finesse, American tenor Zachary Wilder emerges as an exemplary interpreter of 17th- and 18th-century repertoires, spanning from Monteverdi to Mozart. His artistry has garnered demand from esteemed conductors and ensembles on both sides of the Atlantic, perfectly embodying the fervor of grand sacred masterworks and the opulence of operatic performances, with a widely acclaimed stage presence.

He now collaborates with a constellation of well-known ensembles such as Pygmalion, Les Arts Florissants, L’Arpeggiata, Les Talens Lyriques, Le Concert d’Astrée, the Boston Early Music Festival, Bach Collegium Japan, the Handel and Haydn Society, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, and Nederlands Kamerkoor.

His associations with the latter two ensembles frequently culminate in extensive tours, notably as the Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio under the baton of Christophe Rousset in 2022.

Beyond the confines of the beauties of early music, his collaborations with symphony orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, allow him to tackle later repertoires. Notable performances include Vaughan Williams’s On Wenlock Edge and Britten’s Nocturne with the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra, and the role of Mark in Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, first at the Musica Festival in Strasbourg and later at the Philharmonie in Paris. Maintaining an evercurious musical spirit, Zachary portrayed the Spirit of Light in The Tale of Genji at Tokyo’s legendary Kabukiza Theater, under the direction of Ebizo Ichikawa.

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Recent seasons have been punctuated by significant undertakings, including the expansive Monteverdi 450 tour led by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Handel’s Radamisto with Il Pomo d’Oro conducted by Francesco Corti, with whom a solid collaboration has been established, as evidenced by the August 2023 production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at the Drottningholm Opera. He triumphantly interpreted the role of Erinda in the revival of Sartorio’s L’Orfeo at the Opéra de Montpellier, directed by Philippe Jaroussky and staged by Benjamin Lazar. Noteworthy collaborations also encompass Zachary’s portrayal of Basilio in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro alongside Raphaël Pichon as well as of Agenore in Mozart’s Il re pastore at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, conducted by Christina Pluhar.

Zachary’s 2023–2024 season promises remarkable intensity. Highlights include his role as Telemaco in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, in partnership with the esteemed tenor and conductor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, featuring an extensive tour across prominent European cities (Toulouse, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Tours, Nantes, Bordeaux, and others).

Additionally, he will participate in a tour of the St. Matthew Passion with the Freiburger Barockorchester (Montpellier, Paris, Barcelona, Budapest, Zurich, Seoul, etc.) conducted

by Francesco Corti, as well as his return to the Christmas Oratorio with the Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Concerto Köln led by Peter Dijkstra. A revival of Il re pastore at Müpa in Budapest, under the baton of Christina Pluhar, sees Zachary returning to the role of Agenore.

His expansive discography encompasses over forty recordings for esteemed labels including Ricercar, CPO, Soli Deo Gloria, Harmonia mundi, Glossa, Atma, La Música, and Aparté with the direction of luminaries such as William Christie, John Eliot Gardiner, Masaaki Suzuki, Christophe Rousset, and Raphaël Pichon.

Notably, his special partnership with ensemble I Gemelli has yielded exceptional recordings of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria alongside the critically acclaimed A Room of Mirrors, which gathers arias and duets from the Italian Seicento, and elicited enthusiastically rave reviews from the press. n 21

TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Quella che tanto — Bellerofonte Castaldi Quella che tanto Servita, adorata, Sempre al mio pianto Fù sorda e spietata, Onde ferita di strale amoroso Ahi che mia vita Fù senza riposo, Non più mi dona tormento Ma gioia e contento, Non più martire Ma lieto gioire.

She who was so Revered and adored Was always merciless And deaf to my weeping.

Hence, wounded by an amorous arrow, Ah, since my life Was restless, It no longer gives me torment But joy and contentment, No longer suffering, But joyful rejoicing.

Fa la la la la Sì che viva mai sempre l’Amore Che dolce afflige il core.

Viva Amor, viva la donna mia C’hor m’è cortese e già sì cruda e ria.

Fa la la la la Long live Love, Which sweetly afflicts the heart, Long live Love, long live my woman Who now is courteous to me and was so cruel and wicked.

Quella bellezza Mirabile in terra Non mi disprezza Ne più mi fa guerra, Onde felice Godere il tesoro Ahi pur mi lice Di quella ch’adoro.

Dopo la pioggia e’l baleno Vien chiaro e sereno: Già sospirando Hor vivo cantando.

That beauty, Admirable on earth, Does not despise me Nor is at war with me; Hence, I am allowed To savor the treasures Of the one I adore; After rain and lightning, There come clear and serene skies; I now live, singing, While already sighing.

Dove ten vai — Francesco Turini Dove, ah, dove ten vai, Unico del mio cor dolce conforto?

Poiché non lunge omai Del mio lungo cammin si scopr’il porto, Perché ti parti e m’abbandoni, ahi, lasso, Sul periglioso passo?

Qual bene or più m’avanza Se fuggi tu, dolcissima Speranza?

—Alessandro Striggio (1573–1630)

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Where, ah where are you going, You who are my heart’s only sweet comfort?

Now that I can see the destination Of my long journey that is not far away?

Why do you go, why do you abandon me, alas, At this perilous point?

What good will I have left If you flee from me, sweetest Hope?

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La vecchia innamorata — Biagio Marini Una vecchia sdentata e bavosa, Bobetta e rognosa Di me innamorà, Un putta polita e galante, D’aspetto prestante, Fuggendo mi va, Tal che sprezzo chi m’ama e m’adora Languisco per una che morte mi dà.

Ah, ah dimmi Amor che sarà?

A toothless, drooling, Hunchbacked and scruffy Old woman is in love with me, While a courteous, gallant And dashing Girl flees from me, So that I scorn she who loves and adores me And I languish for one who gives me death.

Ah, ah tell me Love, what will be.

Colarini, camise e stringhette, Mutande e calzette La vecchia mi dà, E la Putta mi dona dolori, Travagli e rancori Che strugger mi fa; Tal che sprezzo la roba e’l diletto, Seguendo l’ingiuria, l’affanno e’l dispetto.

Ah, ah, fammi, Amor, fortuna!

The old woman gives me collars, Shirts and laces, Underwear and socks; The girl gives me pains, Suffering and rancor, Making me suffer; Thus, I despise my things and my pleasure, Running after insults, distress, and spite.

Ah, ah, give me luck, Love!

A la vecchia gli dago, gli grido, La burlo e sì rido Con più le instizzà, A la Putta m’inchino e piego, La supplico e priego, Che m’habbi pietà.

Ma la sorda non sente i miei guai, E la vecchia mi lascia già mai.

I torment the old woman, I shout at her, I taunt her and laugh when she gets offended; I bow and bend towards the girl, I beg her To have mercy on me; But the deaf one does not hear my troubles, And the old one never leaves me alone.

Mille gonne, mill’acque, mill’arti, In tutte le parti La Vecchia si fa, E la Putta polita e modesta, Né in viso né in testa Sporchezza si dà, Tal che è mejo morire per Fia, Che viver per Vecchia dipinta e polia.

The old woman makes herself a thousand skirts, Washes and adorns All parts of her body; The girl, composed and modest, Does not stain herself, Neither on her head, nor on her face.

Hence, it is better to die for a female youth, Than to live for an old, painted and polished hag.

Giunto alla tomba — Sigismondo d’India Giunto alla tomba, ove al suo spirto vivo Dolorosa prigion’ il ciel prescrisse, Di color, di calor, di moto privo Gia marmo in vista al marmo il viso affisse.

Having come to the tomb, where his living soul Was condemned to a woeful prison by the heavens: Deprived of color, heat, and motion, He fixed his marble gaze on the marble.

Al fin sgorgando un lagrimoso rivo, In un languido oimè proruppe, e disse: O sasso amato tanto, amaro tanto, Che dentro hai le mie fiamme, e fuor’ il pianto!

—Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)

Streams of tears gushed from his eyes And he burst into a weak “Alas,” saying: “Oh stone, beloved and bitter, Inside, you have my flames, and outside my tears!”

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Se l’aura spira — Girolamo Frescobaldi Se l’aura spira tutta vezzosa, La fresca rosa Ridente sta, La siepe ombrosa Di bei smeraldi D’estivi caldi Timor non ha.

A balli, a balli, liete venite, Ninfe gradite, Fior di beltà.

Or, che sì chiaro il vago fonte Dall’alto monte Al mar sen’ va, Suoi dolci versi spiega l’augello, E l’arboscello Fiorito sta.

Un volto bello All’ombra accanto Sol si dia vanto D’haver pietà.

Al canto, al canto, Ninfe ridenti, Scacciate i venti Di crudeltà.

If the charming breeze blows, The fresh rose Laughs And the shady hedge Of beautiful emeralds Does not fear The summer heat.

Come, come to dance, come merrily, Fair nymphs, Flowers of beauty.

Now, as the clear, beautiful stream Flows from the mountain To the sea, The birds release their sweet verses And the young Tree blossoms.

May a beautiful face In the nearby shade Alone be proud of Displaying compassion.

Come, come to sing, Laughing nymphs, Drive away the winds Of cruelty.

Damigella tutta bella — Vincenzo Calestani Damigella Tutta bella Versa, versa quel bel vino, Fa che cada La rugiada Distillata di rubino.

Damsel, Fair and pretty, Pour, pour that good wine Make the Ruby dew fall.

Ho nel seno Rio veneno Che vi sparse Amor profondo, Ma gittarlo E lasciarlo Vo’ sommerso in questo fondo.

In my breast I carry An evil poison, Sown there by deep Love.

But now I will Throw it away And leave it submerged in this sediment.

Damigella Tutta bella Di quel vin tu non mi satii, Fa che cada La rugiada Distillata da topatii.

Damsel, Fair and pretty, You do not satiate me With that Good wine, Make the topaz dew fall.

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Ah, che spento Io non sento Il furor de gl’ardor miei, Men cocenti Meno ardenti Sono, ohimè, gli incendi etnei.

Ah, I do not feel That the fury Of my ardor is extinguished.

Alas, Etna’s fires Are less scorching And less searing.

Nova fiamma Più m’infiamma Arde il cor foco novello, Se mia vita Non s’aita Ah ch’io vengo un Mongibello!

—Gabriello Chiabrera (1552–1638)

A new flame Inflames me more, A new fire burns my heart, If my life Does not help itself, Ah, may I become a volcano!

Piangono al pianger mio — Sigismondo d’India Piangono al pianger mio le fere, e i sassi A’ miei caldi sospir traggon sospiri.

L’aer d’intorno nubiloso fassi, Mosso anch’egli a pietà de’ miei martiri.

Ovunque io poso, ovunque io volgo i passi, Par che di me si pianga e si sospiri.

Par che dica ciascun, mosso al mio duolo: “Che fai tu qui meschin, doglioso e solo?”

—Ottavio Rinuccini (1562–1621)

Wild animals weep at my weeping, And stones draw sighs from my warm sighs.

The sky around me too becomes cloudy, Moved by pity for my suffering.

Wherever I rest, wherever I walk, It is as if I am wept and sighed for.

Each thing seems to say, moved by my grief: “What are you doing here, poor wretch, sad and alone?”

Dialogo della rosa — Sigismondo d’India Mopso Che fai, Tirsi gentile?

Perché non canti i fregi, Perché non canti i pregi Del giovinetto Aprile?

Mopsus What are you doing, gentle Thyrsis?

Why do you not sing of the beauty, Why do you not sing of the virtue Of young April?

Tirsi Da qual fior il mio canto Prenderò, Mopso mio?

Cantar forse degg’io Del flessuoso acanto?

L’immortal amaranto?

O pur la bionda calta, Che d’aurato color le piagge smalta?

Thyrsis Which flower will I take My song from, my Mopsus?

Should I perhaps sing Of the pliable acanthus?

Of the immortal amaranth?

Or of the blonde marigold, Which coats the slopes with its golden color?

Mopso Canta, Tirsi, di quella Ch’è più cara agli amanti, Canta gli onori e i vanti Della rosa novella.

Mopsus Sing, Thyrsis, of that flower Which is dearest to lovers, Sing of the honor and pride Of the spring rose.

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Tirsi Rose, rose beate, Lascivette figliuole Della terra e del sole, Le dolcezze odorate, Che dal grembo spirate, Ponno quel tutto in noi Che il sol, che l’aura e che la pioggia in voi.

Thyrsis Roses, blessed roses, Enticing daughters Of the earth and the sun, The sweetness inhaled, Which is breathed out of your womb, Instills in us all That the sun, the air, and the rain instilled in you.

A due voci Rose, rose beate,…

—Giambattista Marino (1569–1625)

For two voices Roses, blessed roses…

Mai non disciolgasi — Annibale Gregori Mai non disciolgasi Dal mio cor misero Il laccio nobile Che lo legò.

Fra le catene Mi goderò E di mie pene Alla bella cagion m’inchinerò.

May the noble snares That bound my Wretched heart Never dissolve.

Among the chains I will be content And I will bow down To the beautiful cause of my pains.

Mio cor distruggasi A’ rai bellissimi, Ché sempr’amabile Mio duol sarà.

Gode il mio petto Di ferita, Hor che diletto Pietosa donna all’alma mia darà.

My heart destroys itself In the beautiful rays Because my sorrow Will be ever sweet.

My breast enjoys The wound Now that a merciful woman Will give delight to my soul.

Dispieghi all’aure Sue trecce mobili O pur racchiudale Senza mercè, Da me spietata Ritorc’il piè, Ché voglia ingrata Può disdegnar ma non cangiar mia fè.

May she unfold Her flowing locks in the breeze, Or keep them enclosed Without pity, May she mercilessly Turn away from me; For ungrateful desire Can scorn my loyalty, but it cannot change it.

Mi tiraneggiano Le guancie tenere E ’l volto placido Che’l cor m’aprì; Egli mi dice La nott’ e ’l dì Che ben felice Mi potrà far colei che mi ferì.

Her tender cheeks And serene face Which opened my heart Oppress me.

My heart tells me of The night and the day In which she, who has wounded me Will make me happy.

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Io perciò sentomi Sì dolce attraere Che d’esser libero Non curo più.

O bella o cara Mia servitù, Di doglia amara Dolce vittrice entr’al mio cor sei tu.

I therefore feel myself So sweetly attracted That I no longer Care to be free.

Oh beautiful, Oh cherished servitude, You are the vanquisher of bitter pain In my heart.

Così d’amor pregiavasi Tirsi tra l’herbe tenere: Mai non trovò pietà Ché la cruda involavasi Al dolce stral di Venere, Troppo avara beltà!

Al fin per crudeltà Divenne il miser cenere Ed hor lo piange invan chi morto l’ha.

Thus, Thyrsis lauded himself In the soft grass.

He never found pity, For the cruel one fled Following Venus’ trail, Too much avaricious beauty.

In the end, because of cruelty, The wretch became ash, And now is mourned in vain by those who behold him dead.

—Translations by Giovanna Baviera

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The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is universally recognized as a leader in the field of early music. Since its founding in 1980 by leading practitioners of historical performance in the United States and abroad, BEMF has promoted early music through a variety of diverse programs and activities, including an annual concert series that brings early music’s brightest stars to the Boston and New York concert stages, and the biennial weeklong Festival and Exhibition, recognized as “the world’s leading festival of early music” (The Times, London).

Through its programs BEMF has earned its place as North America’s premier presenting organization for music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and has secured Boston’s reputation as “America’s early music capital” (Boston Globe).

I N TER NATI ONA L BA RO QU E O PE RA One of BEMF’s main goals is to unearth and present lesser-known Baroque operas performed by the world’s leading musicians armed with the latest information on period singing, orchestral performance, scenic design, costuming, dance, and staging. BEMF operas reproduce the Baroque’s stunning palette of sound by bringing together today’s leading operatic superstars and a wealth of instrumental talent from across the globe to one stage for historic presentations, all zestfully led from the pit by the BEMF Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, and creatively reimagined for the stage by BEMF Opera Director Gilbert Blin.

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was held in June 2023 and featured Henry Desmarest’s 1694 opera Circé from a libretto

by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge, which saw the return of the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company, a troupe of dancers under the guidance of BEMF Dance Director Melinda Sullivan. The twenty-third Festival, in June 2025, will have as its centerpiece Reinhard Keiser’s 1705 opera Octavia.

BEMF introduced its Chamber Opera Series during its annual concert season in November 2008, with a performance of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis and Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Actéon. The series focuses on the wealth of chamber operas composed during the Baroque period, while providing an increasing number of local opera aficionados the 31

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opportunity to attend one of BEMF’s superb offerings. Subsequent annual productions include George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, combined performances of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, Monteverdi’s Orfeo, a double bill of Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, a production titled “Versailles” featuring Les Plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier, Les Fontaines de Versailles by Michel-Richard de Lalande, and divertissements from Atys by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francesca Caccini’s Alcina, the first opera written by a woman, a combination of Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino, and most recently joint performances of Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil. Acis and Galatea was revived and presented on a four-city North American Tour in early 2011, which included a performance at the American DANIELLE REUTTER-HARRAH IN BEMF’S 2021 PRODUCTION OF TELEMANN’S PIMPINONE PHOTO: KATHY WITTMAN

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Handel Festival in Seattle, and in 2014, BEMF’s second North American Tour featured the Charpentier double bill from 2011.

BEMF has a well-established and highly successful project to record some of its groundbreaking work in the field of Baroque opera. The first three recordings in this series were all nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, in 2005, 2007, and 2008: the 2003 Festival centerpiece Ariadne, by Johann Georg Conradi; Lully’s Thésée; and the 2007 Festival opera, Lully’s Psyché, which was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “superbly realized…magnificent.” In addition, the BEMF recordings of Lully’s Thésée and Psyché received Gramophone Award Nominations in the Baroque Vocal category in 2008 and 2009, respectively. BEMF’s next three recordings on the German CPO label were drawn from its Chamber Opera Series: Charpentier’s Actéon, Blow’s Venus and Adonis, and a release of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, which won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the 2015 Echo Klassik Opera Recording of the Year (17th/18th Century Opera). Agostino Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, featuring Philippe Jaroussky and Karina Gauvin, which was released in January 2015 on the Erato/Warner Classics label in conjunction with a seven-city, four-country European concert tour of the opera, has been nominated for a Grammy Award, was named Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for March 2015, is the 2015 Echo Klassik World Premiere Recording of the Year, and has received a 2015 Diapason d’Or de l’Année and B OS T ON E AR LY M US I C F E ST I VAL

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Handel’s Acis and Galatea was released in November 2015. In 2017, while maintaining the focus on Baroque opera, BEMF expanded the recording project to include other select Baroque vocal works: a new Steffani disc, Duets of Love and Passion, was released in September 2017 in conjunction with a sixcity North American tour, and a recording of Johann Sebastiani’s St. Matthew Passion was released in March 2018. Four Baroque opera releases followed in 2019 and 2020: a disc of Charpentier’s chamber operas Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Les Arts Florissants was released at the June 2019 Festival, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award; the 2013 Festival opera, Handel’s Almira, was released in late 2019, and received a Diapason d’Or. Lalande’s chamber opera Les Fontaines de Versailles was featured on a September 2020 release of the composer’s works; Christoph Graupner’s opera Antiochus und Stratonica was released in December 2020. BEMF’s newest recording, of Desmarest’s Circé, the 2023 Festival opera, was released concurrently with the opera’s North American premiere.

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