Tamerlano

Tamerlano — Plot

Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous year's Giulio Cesare with another colourful historical costume drama. This time the setting is the court of "Timur the Tartar", who has just defeated the Turkish Sultan Bajazet at the battle of Angora. There are, naturally enough, romantic complications when both Tamerlano and his ally, the Greek Prince Andronico, fall in love with Bajazet's daughter Asteria. She, however, has plans to revenge her father's defeat. This production was directed by Jonathan Miller and staged in the intimate surroundings of the Goethe Theatre of Bad Lauchstadt as part of the 2001 Halle Handel Festival.

• Release date
• April 2, 2002
• Runtime
• 323 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Jonathan Miller

Tamerlano — Cast

T

Trevor Pinnock conductor

M

Monica Bacelli Tamerlano

G

Graham Pushee andronicus

A

Anna Bonitatibus Irene

E

Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz Asteria

A

Antonio Abete Leone Tom Randle Bajazet