2026 #GRAMMY Award for #BestClassicalSoloVocalAlbum #BostonEarlyMusicFestival recording of Georg Philipp Telemann’s cantata Ino https://bemf.org/recordings/telemann-ino/ alongside opera arias for soprano. The Award is shared by #AmandaForsythe w #PaulODette #StephenStubbs #RobertMealy
This is BEMF’s 2nd GRAMMY Award following a win in the BestOperaRecording category in 2015 (Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers)

"Ino" was orig presented in Boston in staged 2021 performance & reprised at 2025 Festival

aria “Tönt in seinen Lobgesang” fr George Philipp #Telemann's cantata "Ino"
https://youtu.be/eXPQFslLvF8?si=UF4dreBREjQXJum8 2:13
#AmandaForsythe (Ino) w BEMF Chamber Ens; #PaulODette & #StephenStubbs music; GilbertBlin & MarieNathalieLacoursière stage; RobertMealy CM; MelindaSullivan dance; Blin & WERIEM costume (rec Nov 2021) vid KathyWittman BallSquareFilms

NB: "INO" will be presented in a double bill with Telemann's comic opera Pimpinone, this summer at BEMF 2025 —June 14, 27, 28, and 29. https://bemf.org/2025-festival/festival-operas/chamber-opera/

“Tönt in seinen Lobgesang” from Telemann's Ino

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This week’s soloist is Amanda Forsythe🇺🇸 a light lyric soprano who is known for her incredibly agile voice and work in Baroque era music
#BaroqueSun #AmandaForsythe