Steffani's Niobe: Concert Performance by the Boston Early Music Festival

About the Event

Long overlooked by musicians, Stefanni's Niobe has finally begun to receive the attention it merits over the last few years. Centred on the ancient Greek character of Niobe, the work was composed in 1688 at the height of the Renaissance rediscovery of antiquity.

In Italian with French subtitles

Opera in three acts (1688)
Libretto by Luigi Orlandi, after Ovide's Metamorphoses
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs: direction
Karina Gauvin: Niobe
Philippe Jaroussky: Anfione
Teresa Wakim: Manto
Christian Immler: Tiresia
Aaron Sheehan: Clearte
Terry Wey: Creonte
Jesse Blumberg: Poliferno
José Lemos: Nerea
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra