Handels Tamerlano

In Tamerlano Handel defied rules both written and tacitoffering a main role to a mature tenor at a time when the castrato voice dominated and not shying away from shocking scenes that other composers approached hesitantly like suicide Pierre Audis elegant minimalist staging allows an allstar cast of singers to highlight the works many dramatic elements proving that Baroque opera can still move and thrill us as it did 300 years ago