New Critical Editions in 2015-2016
Sep. 01, 2015

Many new critical editions of beloved operas receive their premieres this season, including works by Händel, Cavalli, Saint-Saens and Bizet.
October 2, 2015
Opéra de Lille presents the first performance of the new critical edition of Franceso Cavalli’s Il Xerse, with ballet music of Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Concert d’Astrée; conductor: Emmanuelle Haim; director: Guy Cassiers
November 28, 2015
First performance in concert of the new edition (L’Opéra francais) of Camille Saint-Saens’ Samson et Dalila at the Theater Basel.
Conductor: Erik Nielsen
March 5, 2016
The Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen presents the first scenic performance of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma using new material according to the edition Masterworks of Italian Opera
Conductor: Valtteri Rauhalammi; Director: Elisabeth Stöppler
April 24, 2016
Georges Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de perles receives a concert performance using the new critical edition edited by Hugh Macdonald at the Nürnberg Staatstheater.
Conductor: Gábor Káli
April 29, 2016
The 2016 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany features the first performance of Frencesco Cavalli’s Veremonda according to the edition Opere di Francesco Cavalli.
Concerto Köln; conductor: Gabriel Garrido; director: Amélie Niermeyer
(coproduction with Staatstheater Mainz, premiering June 20, 2016)
May 27, 2016
The Halle Händel Festival includes the first performance of Georg Friedrich Händel's Sosarme, Re di Media HWV 30 using the new edition from Hallische Händel-Ausgabe.
Conductor: Bernhard Forck; Director: Philipp Harnoncourt
July 24, 2016
The Munich Opera Festival presents the first performance of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes galantes according to the new edition prepared by Opéra Omnia Rameau.
Conductor: Ivor Bolton; Director: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
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