“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.

A number from the Magic Flute which is unknown? Impossible! But there is a duet for Tamino and Papageno which was not part of the well-known sequence. It is now available again.

Lully’s Alceste represents a milestone in French Baroque opera. With the publication of a critical edition as part of the Complete Edition, the work is now available in an authoritative form for scholars and practical performing use.