Since 1922 , 34 of Handel 's 42 operas have been staged in more than 100 productions . The first modern professional performance of '' Rinaldo '' in 1954 was conducted by Horst-Tanu Margraf ; '' Radamisto '' followed in 1955 , Poro in 1956 , '' Imeneo '' in 1960 , '' Scipione '' in 1965 . '' Faramondo '' was revived in 1976 . Handel 's first opera '' Almira '' was performed in the Goethe-Theater in 1994 . '' Tolomeo '' was produced and recorded in 1998 , probably the first performance of the work with period instruments , conducted by Howard Arman . The 2006 production of '' Admeto '' , directed by Axel Köhler and conducted by Arman , was recorded . The pasticcio '' Giove in Argo '' was performed in 2007 after its premiere that season at the Handel Festival , Göttingen . The 2009 festival staged the operas '' Floridante '' and '' Serse '' , the pastiche '' Anaesthesia '' , also the oratorios '' Theodora '' , '' Messiah '' , '' Belshazzar '' and '' Israel in Egypt '' . The festival was cancelled in 2013 because of the widespread floods that year
widespread floods that year
2013 European floods
Handel Festival, Halle