
Handel's Tamerlano
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3hrs
10mins
Directed by
Pierre Audi,
Starring
Christophe Dumaux,
Jeremy Ovenden,
Sophie Karthäuser,
Delphine Galou
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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!