The tragedia lirica “Caterina Cornaro” by Gaetano Donizetti was performed for the first time on 18 January 1844 in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. More than 170 years later, it is published for the first time in an authoritative edition.

A German opera in a cosmopolitan spirit, that is Gaspare Spontini’s opera “Agnes von Hohenstaufen” premiered in 1827 in Berlin. Now the Theater Erfurt is taking on this spectacular work.

Georg Benda’s “Ariadne” and “Medea” stand right at the beginning of the emerging genre of melodrama.

The late version of “Medea” has now been published in the “OPERA” series and provides the basis for an intense theatrical experience.

“Naïs”, the lavish opera the French composer wrote for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, is now being published as part of the “Opera omnia Rameau”.

A contemporary regarded Handel’s opera “Berenice” as just a patchwork, but it has many little gems to offer. In May “Berenice” will be performed again on the operatic stage in Halle.

Handel’s serenata “Parnasso in festa” is a true pasticcio with many re-uses from works composed earlier. Nevertheless, a staged performance, as is planned for the Handel Festival Halle in Bad Lauchstädt is extremely worthwhile.

A confusing plot with a happy ending – that’s Baroque opera, that’s Handel. And it’s the same with “Arianna in Creta”. The Halle Handel Edition of the work offers a whole range of possibilities for the stage.