
Handel's Tamerlano
Genre: Music | DramaRuntime: 3h 10mRelease: 28th February, 2015Plot: 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!
Company: Le Monnaie/De Munt, Wahoo Production, Mezzo