
The Operatic Life of Artemisia Gentileschi
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * The life of painter Artemisia Gentileschi was so […]

The Burgundian School and the Order of the Golden Fleece
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece is […]

From Haiti and Back Again: The Travels of Lisette
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * “Lisette quitté la plaine” (Lisette has left the […]

Dark Dreams: Women on the Edge
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * Until fairly recently, women’s roles in European society were […]

The First Lutheran Oratorio: Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * Dieterich Buxtehude needs no introduction to early music […]

William Lawes’ Consort Setts
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * While we do not have an exact date […]

Charles Burney and A General History of Music
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * “Um…Charles who?” Okay, he may not be the […]

You can never have too many Johanns
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * During the Baroque, it’s undeniable that an enormous […]

You say Trecento, I say Ars Nova…
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * Last week, we looked at the Italian side […]

A Taste of the Trecento
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * The Trecento—short for “milletrecento” (1300)—refers to the fourteenth […]