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Composed by George Frideric Handel
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym
New Production and Company Premiere
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Apr 30, May 2, 4m, 12, 20, 22, 2008
The running time for this production is approximately three hours and 25 minutes including two 15-minute intermissions.
“Domingo added vocal color and energy to every scene he was in.”
~The Washington Post
“David Daniels is…vocally stunning.” ~The New York Times
“[Patricia] Bardon and [Sarah] Coburn produced one of the evening's musical high points when their voices blended in seamless, sublime fashion for their Act 3 lament.”
~The Baltimore Sun
Handel's rarely-performed work recounts the tale of Tatar conqueror Tamerlano, whose enslavement of the Ottoman emperor Bajazet and fluctuating marital intentions lead to conspiracy and suicide. Plácido Domingo makes his American debut in the pivotal role of Bajazet, and acclaimed countertenor David Daniels is the tyrannical Tamerlano.
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