Händel: The death of Bajazet (Tamerlano) - Domingo

High resolution and stereo sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zy0yxXzAiM&fmt=18

The death of Bajazet,
from the opera Tamerlano, HWV 18

Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Agostino Piovene's Tamerlano (music by Francesco Gasparini, 1711), from Jacques (Nicolas) Pradon's Tamerlan ou La Mort de Bajazet (1676)

Music: Georg Friedrich Händel

First performance: London, King's Theatre, Haymarket - 31 October 1724
___

Bajazet: Plácido Domingo, tenor
Asteria: Sarah Coburn, soprano
Tamerlano: David Daniels, countertenor

Washington National Opera Orchestra,
conducted by William Lacey

Washington, April-May 2008 (live)


I know I said I was going to post all my Handel videos on my common Handel channels with Marc. But I couldn't help making an exception for this exceptional performance of a scene from Handel's Tamerlano. Domingo, as Bajazet, delivers an extremely moving performance while the hero is breathing his last.

"..For Domingo, Handel's opera was yet another departure from the tried and true; Baroque opera had never been a Domingo specialty. Yet he describes the role of Bajazet as "ideal for my voice." Bajazet was one of the first great tenor roles ever composed, and Domingo says it has a key element in common with one of his own, signature roles, the title role in Verdi's Otello: a great death scene. "In real life, I like to enjoy," Domingo says. "But on stage ... I am a masochist! The more I suffer, the better I can deliver on my music, and feelings." ...."

- From "www.npr.org"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• George
• Frideric
• Handel
• Tamerlano
• Bajazet
• Placido
• Domingo
• Sarah
• Coburn
• David
• Daniels
• Washington
• National
• Opera
• William
• Lacey

[margotlorena]

:) daniels as tamerlano, again

[civileso]

Hehe. :) True.

[ColoraturaBaritone]

WHAT AN AMAZING COMPOSITION! Viva Handel!

[MusicVocalism]

WOW I've never had the pleasure of listening to him perform Handel... its perfection!

[Phebus74]

La ridicolaggine di questo cantante famoso più per il grande star sistem che da sempre lo rappresenta è indecente!

[Jeanne90275]

I'm not very familiar with Baroque opera, but

Placido Domingo was excellent in the LA

Opera production of "Tamerlano" I saw last

year. Thanks for posting this.

[rgplmu]

LA Opera 2009-2010 with Domingo!

[delauge]

interesting music!