Opera with a thread. Handel’s “Arianna in Creta”

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.

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“Pamina, wo bist du?” – An unknown duet from Mozart’s “Magic Flute”

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.

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A new approach to “Faust”. The dialogue versions of Charles Gounod’s opera

The volume in L’Opéra français series with the dialogue versions sheds light on the confusing compositional history of Gounod’s Faust and offers opera houses an attractive alternative.

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Incomparable riches. Jean-Baptiste Lully’s “Alceste” in the new Complete Edition

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.

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Music for Fontainebleau. The background to Rameau’s opera “Daphnis et Églé”

King Louis XV thinks highly of Rameau’s Daphnis et Églé (1753). But following performances in Fontainebleau, the pastorale héroïque was never staged again during Rameau’s lifetime. With this publication as part of the Opera omnia an authoritative edition is now available.

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Disguise and confusion. The edition of Francesco Cavalli’s masterpiece “L’Erismena”

Following its premiere in 1656 Francesco Cavalli’s L’Erismena was a great success in Venice. An English version was also created. The edition being published as part of the critical edition Francesco Cavalli – Opere offers opportunities for a rediscovery.

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