BREMF Early Opera
BREMF is at the forefront of training for young artists in the unique performance practice needed to bring early operatic works to life.
Our 2021 opera training course explored the earliest opera by a female composer – Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero (1625). We made a film of this work, shot in the style of early film pioneer Georges Méliès, which is now available to stream on demand.
Past opera productions
Our projects bring singers and instrumentalists together to work on the skills needed for this repertoire, which are specific and very different to later operatic techniques.
Past productions have included Monteverdi’s Orfeo (2017), Blow’s Venus and Adonis (2018) and Marco da Gagliano’s La Dafne (2020), plus a filmed version of Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero (2021). The team for these performances was led by Thomas Guthrie (stage director), Deborah Roberts (BREMF’s late Artistic Director), Oliver Webber (violinist and historical performance expert) and Claire Williams (keyboard player and continuo lead).