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opera Handel's Tamerlano Graham Vick (stage director), Paul McCreesh (music director) – With Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Jennifer Holloway (Irene), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) – Teatro Real Madrid

Graham Vick (stage director), Paul McCreesh (music director) – With Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Jennifer Holloway (Irene), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) – Teatro Real Madrid

Handel's Tamerlano Graham Vick (stage director), Paul McCreesh (music director) – With Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Jennifer Holloway (Irene), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) – Teatro Real Madrid

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The great Domingo plays the role of Bajazet, in a hugely memorable production of Tamerlano at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

The Ottoman empire has fallen and the emperor, Bajazet (Plácido Domingo), has been captured by the tyrant Tamerlano (Monica Bacelli), whom he despises. The defeated Bajazet contemplates suicide, but love for his daughter Asteria (Ingela Bohlin) weakens his resolve. Andronico (Sara Mingardo), Prince of Greece and ally of Tamerlano, is in love with Asteria and she with him. When Tamerlano gives him the newly conquered empire of Byzantium, Andronico asks only to remain at Tamerlano's side – really not wanting to leave Asteria...

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Cast

  • Graham Vick | Stage director
  • Richard Hudson | Set designer, Costume designer
  • Matthew Richardson | Lighting
  • Ron Howell | Choreographer
  • Monica Bacelli | Tamerlano
  • Plácido Domingo | Bajazet
  • Ingela Bohlin | Asteria
  • Sara Mingardo | Andronico
  • Jennifer Holloway | Irene
  • Luigi De Donato | Leone
  • Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid)
  • Paul McCreesh | Music director

Program

  • George Frideric Handel, Tamerlano, HWV 18
    • Overture & Minuet
    • I: "Esci, esci, o signore"
    • I: "Son bajazet ancora"
    • I: "Non si perda di vista"
    • I: "Vuor dar pace a un alma altera"
    • I: "Il tartaro ama asteria"
    • I: "Bella Asteria il tuo cor mi defenda"
    • I: "Non e piu tempo, Asteria"
    • I: "Dammi pace, o volto Amato"
    • I: "Serve asteria di prezzo al greco infido"
    • I: "Non ascolto piu nulla"
    • I: "Cielo e terra armi di sdegno"
    • I: "Asteria: non parlate?"
    • I: "Deh! lasciatemi il nemico"
    • I: "Cosi la sposa il Tamerlano accoglie?"
    • I: "Dal crudel, che m'ha tradita"
    • I: "Chi vide mai piu sventurato amante?"
    • I: "Benche mi sprezzi"
    • II: "Bella gara che faranno"
    • II: "Quil l'infedel!"
    • II: "Ah, no! dove trascorri"
    • II: "Cerco in vano di placare"
    • II: "Signor, vergine illustre"
    • II: "Par che mi nasca in seno"
    • II: "A suoi piedi padre esangue"
    • II: "Amor dà guerra e pace"
    • II: "Al Soglio"
    • II: "Voglio stragi"
    • II: "No, no il tuo sdegno"
    • II: "No, che del tuo gran cor"
    • II: Cor di padre
    • III: "Figlio, siam rei"
    • III: "Su la sponda"
    • III: "Andronico, il mio amore"
    • III: "A dispetto d'un volto ingrato"
    • III: "Empio, per farti guerra"
    • III: "Signor, fra tante cure"
    • III: "Oh, per me lieto"
    • III: "Fremi, minaccia"
    • III: "Figlia mia, non pianger"
    • III: "Tu, spietato, il vedrai"
    • III: "Barbaro! alfin sei sazio ancor?"
    • III: "D'atra notte gia mirasi a scorno"

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Ángel Luis Ramírez
  • Venue: Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
  • Production date: 2008
  • Duration: 3 h 38 min
  • Production: © Opus Arte / Teatro Real
  • Available version(s): EN
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