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A vocal challenge, then as now. Gluck’s “Atto di Bauci e Filemone”

In keeping with the Austrian-Spanish wedding festivities, the old couple Philemon and Baucis become a young couple. Gluck’s one act “Atto di Bauci e Filemone” with its bravura arias deserves to be revived.

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A fragment and an early version at the same time. George Frideric Handel’s “Fernando”

When Handel embarked on the composition of another new opera after Ezio in December 1731, he initially wanted to retain the geographical and historic setting of the original libretto Dionisio, Re di Portogallo (Florence 1707, Antonio Salvi). Under the title Fernando, Re di Castiglia Handel began to set the story about a struggle for power between King Dionisio and his son Alfonso, in which Fernando, King of Castile, intervenes.

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Arcadia breathes a sigh of relief. Handel’s “Il pastor fido” in the Halle Handel Edition

In its structure Handel’s “Il pastor fido” is a rather modest work. But the music and plot offer plenty of opportunities for an effective theatrical experience.

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Murderous love. The chamber opera „Thérèse“ by Philipp Maintz and Otto Katzameier

At the Salzburg Easter Festival, „Thérèse“ by Philipp Maintz to a libretto by Otto Katzameier receives its premiere. A multi-layered plot and its reflection in the music awaits the audience.

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Masterly role characterisation. Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” in the Halle Handel Edition

With the new edition of George Frideric Handel’s most popular opera „Giulio Cesare“, opera houses now have the opportunity to recreate all four versions of the work and to choose the most appropriate one.

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Reconciled: French and Italian styles. Rameau’s „Les Paladins“ or the mixture of genres

The first performance of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Comédie-Ballet „Les Paladins“ was a failure from which the work did not recover for a long time. Today it strikes us as a jewel with many opportunities for presentation on the stage.

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Tragicomic despot. Cavalli’s opera „Il Xerse“ in a new edition

The subject matter is well-known from Handel, but the setting by Francesco Cavalli, almost a hundred years earlier, is no less effective.

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Music theatre

Drama and passion. Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera „Antigono“
“Violetter Schnee”: Beat Furrer’s new opera for the Berlin Staatsoper
Comedy and musical verismo. Perspectives on composing in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Maurel, Sonzogno, and the New Critical Edition of Leoncavallo’s „Pagliacci“
Opera as evolutionary process. The pasticcio “Love in a Village” and its creation
In love with a statue. Rameau’s ballet “Pigmalion” in the Complete Edition
Never again Naples! The first edition of Donizetti’s opera “Caterina Cornaro”
Gaspare Spontini’s “Agnes von Hohenstaufen” before its revival in Erfurt
Georg Anton Benda‘s “Medea” – first performance with Katharina Thalbach
Opera for the Peace. Jean-Philippe Rameau’s “Naïs”
A circle is completed. Handel’s “Berenice” in the Halle Handel Edition
Ready for the stage Handel’s serenata “Parnasso in festa” in the Halle Handel Edition
Opera with a thread. Handel’s “Arianna in Creta”
“Pamina, wo bist du?” – An unknown duet from Mozart’s “Magic Flute”
A new approach to “Faust”. The dialogue versions of Charles Gounod’s opera
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