Handel: Tamerlano

Teatro Real's majestic production of Handel's vivid tragedy, Tamerlano, stars a Lear-like Plácido Domingo as the Turkish Sultan Bajazet, caught between pride, love and loyalty. Displaying the uniquely heroic quality of his voice, Domingo heads a superb cast, including Sara Mingardo, Monica Bacelli and Ingela Bohlin, all magnificently responsive to Paul McCreesh's authentic and luminous interpretation of the score. The stunning theatrical staging by Graham Vick provides a splendid setting for the characters and for designer Richard Hudson's extravagant Baroque-Islamic costumes, emphasising the brilliance of one of Handel's finest dramatic achievements.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• ''Opus
• Arte''
• ''Handel''
• Plácido Domingo
• Tamerlano
• Monica Bacelli
• Ingela Bohlin
• Sara Mingardo
• Jennifer Holloway
• Teatro Real
• Paul McCreesh
• Graham Vick

[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...