Handel: Tamerlano

[ungenannter]

II found this production (without Domingo) very very disappointing and would have walked out if I had not been with someone. Despite her talent, it was a great mistake to cast Moncia Baccelli as Tamerlano. She acted like it was a patomine performance of Dick Wittington (slapping her knee and swaggering like a women dressed up as a man). The dancing was pretty turgid and even more incredibly it was just men when one would have thought that a harem would at least have had one or two ladies.

[tamerlano236]

Great opera. But the best Tamerlano I've heard in my life is Nicholas Spanos. There are wonderful Tamerlano's aria in his rendition on YT.

[serenaluce]

Perhaps only Domingo was good, but all the production is just a weird circus! Great Hangel deserves more respect than this nightmare! And Tamerlano and Andronico should be sung by countertenors as these are men's role. These 2 women just looked and sounded ridiculous. Besides, Bacelli had visible breath control and technique problems. It's just a shame!

[55patri]

Extraordinario Domingo

[asisecanta]

In my opinion the alternative cast was more attractive...