Those who attended Irish National Opera’s Bajazet at the Linbury Theatre will be familiar with the story here. Handel accorded titular status to Tamerlano; different librettos, though: Handel’s principally uses Nicola Frabcesco Haym’s adaptation of Agustino Piovane’s Tamerlano (along with another libretto entitled Bajazet after Nicolas Pradon’s Tameran, ou La Mort de Bajazet), while Vivaldi’s uses...
Handel's Tamerlano was a three-week composition in 1724 and premiered at the King's Theatre that October. In this modern production at Shoreditch Town Hall, director Orpha Phelan used archetypes to create parallels with contemporary figures such as Donald Trump. The opera explores themes of power, love, and betrayal, as Tamerlano, a peasant who rose to power in the Tartar Empire, captures Bajazet, the Ottoman Emperor, intending to marry his daughter, Asteria.
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