INTRODUCING
OUR 2025-2026 SEASON
For the first time in its 52-year history, Boston Baroque welcomes five guest
conductors to the podium, following the retirement of founding Music Director Martin Pearlman.
MEET OUR GUEST CONDUCTORS
CHRISTIAN CURNYN
FILIPPO CIABATTI
MARC MINKOWSKI
BERNARD LABADIE
DAVID BATES
BAROQUE MASTERWORKS
Oct 11 & 12, 2025 | NEC’s Jordan Hall
Conductor | Christian Curnyn
A program of Baroque masterworks including Ferrandini’s Il Pianto di Maria featuring mezzo-soprano Meridian Prall, a suite from Rameau’s Les Boréades, J. S. Bach’s Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 42, and a selection from Handel’s Water Music Suite in F Major.
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Dec 5 & 7, 2025 | NEC’s Jordan Hall
Conductor | Filippo Ciabatti
Our annual tradition of celebration of this timeless classic! Featuring Boston Baroque favorites soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy, tenor Thomas Cooley, and baritone Roderick Williams.
NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION
Dec 31, 2025 & Jan 1, 2026 | Harvard’s Sanders Theatre
Conductor | Marc Minkowski
Join us for our celebrated Holiday tradition and ring in the New Year with conductor Marc Minkowski and a program that includes Handel's complete Water Music, with more to be announced.
HAYDN’S LORD NELSON MASS
Mar 6 & 8, 2026 | NEC’s Jordan Hall
Conductor | Bernard Labadie
Presenting Haydn’s choral masterwork, the Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) coupled with Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor. Bernard Labadie is joined by Lauren Snouffer, soprano, Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano, Andrew Haji, tenor, and Philippe Sly, bass-baritone, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.
THE X-TET: SOUNDS FROM SPAIN
Feb 7, 2026 | Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre
Composer | Olivia Pérez-Collellmir
This program, curated by Boston Baroque Associate Artistic Director Christina Day Martinson, features arrangements of works by Spanish composer Olivia Pérez-Collellmir, coupled with works from the Spanish Baroque featuring tenor Karim Sulayman.
MOZART’S IDOMENEO
Apr 24 & 26, 2026 | Robert J. Orchard Stage at the Paramount Center
Conductor | David Bates
Torn between duty and love, Idomeneo—King of Crete—must choose between his son’s life and a vow to the gods. Join us for Mozart’s powerful take on this timeless tale. Featuring David Portillo as Idomeneo, Hera Hyesang Park as Ilia, Valerie Eickhoff as Idamante, Wendy Bryn Harmer as Elettra, Omar Najmi as Arbace, and Joel Clemens as La Voce.
THE X-TET: SOUNDS FROM TURKEY & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
May 30 & 31, 2026 | Multicultural Arts Center
Composer | Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
This program features the world premiere of a commission by celebrated Turkish composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol and will also include works from the Ottoman period. The X-tet will be joined by members of Sanlıkol’s ensemble, DÜNYA.
2026 ANNUAL GALA
June 14, 2026 | The Garden at Elm Bank
Join us as we celebrate beloved soprano Amanda Forsythe and her 25 years of performances with Boston Baroque at our annual gala at The Garden at Elm Bank! For more information, Contact Katie DeBonville at kdebonville@bostonbaroque.org.
The event will start with cocktails in the garden followed by an indoor dinner and salon-style concert featuring members of Boston Baroque’s orchestra, and special guest artists.
MEET A FEW OF OUR FEATURED SOLOISTS
DAVID
PORTILLO
TITLE ROLE IN MOZART’S OPERA, IDOMENEO
RODERICK
WILLIAMS
BARITONE SOLOIST IN HANDEL’S MESSIAH
LAUREN
SNOUFFER
SOPRANO SOLOIST IN HAYDN’S LORD NELSON MASS
AMANDA
FORSYTHE
SOPRANO SOLOIST IN HANDEL’S MESSIAH
“We are delighted to welcome such an exciting lineup of guest conductors and soloists at this pivotal moment in Boston Baroque’s history. Martin Pearlman has led the orchestra from strength to strength, and as we turn the page, we do so with enormous gratitude and excitement for what’s ahead.”