Handel: Tamerlano
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This majestic production of Handel's vivid tragedy, TAMERLANO, stars a Lear-like Placido 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 musical 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, emphasizing the brilliance of one of Handel's finest dramatic achievements.
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Cast
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Plácido Domingo
Bajazet
Known for
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
The Book of Life
Monica Bacelli
Tamerlano
Also in
The Marriage of Figaro
Tamerlano
Georg Friedrich Händel
Angela Alvarez Rilla
Nicola Francesco Haym
Ángel Luis Ramírez
Ingela Bohlin
Asteria
Also in
Mitridate Re Di Ponto
Graham Vick
Hans Petri
Sara Mingardo
Andronico
Also in
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
L'Orfeo
Paul McCreesh
Self - Musical Director
Jennifer Holloway
Irene
Also in
La pietra del paragone
Rienzi - Bayreuther Festspiele
Ángel Luis Ramírez Director · Graham Vick Director
First release March 29, 2008 · Produced in Spain · Production Opus Arte
Production
Teatro Real de Madrid
Production
Opus Arte
Production · Distribution
Spain
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Spain · March 29, 2008
TV
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
March 2, 2009 · DVD and Blu-ray premiere
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