Handel's Tamerlano
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!
Cast
Christophe Dumaux
as Tamerlano
Jeremy Ovenden
as Bajazete
Sophie Karthäuser
as Asteria
Delphine Galou
as Andronico
Ann Hallenberg
as Irene
Caroline D'Haese
as Zaida
