Richard Stone, Historic Performance Faulty, music directed the modern premiere of Georg Reutter’s opera Dafne (1734) with Peabody students and alumni. Master’s early music student Julie Knott performed as Dafne, Zoe Chessa as Dorinda, and Cameron Kuzepski served as assistant music director. Early Music America’s interview article At Amherst Early Music, Students Revived Reutter’s Dafne highlights some insight from Julie Knott and demonstrates the unique circumstance of a Baroque work being given its first production since the era when it was composed being performed by students.
