Introducing our 2025/2026 Season
We’re so excited to welcome you to a new season of music at Boston Baroque. With exciting changes on the horizon including the beginning of our Music Director search and a full season of guest conductors, we’re entering a new chapter that builds on over 50 years of artistic excellence.
🎶 Meet Our 2025–26 Guest Conductors
While searching for a new Music Director, we welcome a dynamic roster of guest conductors for the 2025-2026 season.
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.
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.
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, and Wendy Bryn Harmer as Elettra.
Five extraordinary concerts | Five visionary conductors | One unforgettable season