Handel's Tamerlano

Overview

In Tamerlano, Handel defied rules both written and tacit—offering a main role to a mature tenor at a time when the castrato voice dominated; and not shying away from shocking scenes that other composers approached hesitantly, like suicide. Pierre Audi’s elegant, minimalist staging allows an all-star cast of singers to highlight the work’s many dramatic elements, proving that Baroque opera can still move and thrill us as it did 300 years ago!

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Cast

Christophe Dumaux

Tamerlano

Jeremy Ovenden

Bajazete

Sophie Karthäuser

Asteria

Delphine Galou

Andronico

Ann Hallenberg

Irene

Caroline D'Haese

Zaida