“Love & Power”: Boston Early Music Festival Again Unearths a Baroque Rarity

The festival's commitment to the Baroque era shines through its staged revivals.

A grand finale moment in a Baroque opera, with a group of well-dressed actors, including a woman in a white gown and a man in a red costume, standing together on stage, while a seated orchestra provides the music below.

Each edition of the festival mounts as its centerpiece a fully staged revival of a near-forgotten opera—in 2025, BEMF chose Reinhard Keiser’s ‘Octavia.’

“Love & Power”: Boston Early Music Festival Again Unearths a Baroque Rarity