Tamerlano

Handels 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous years 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 Bajazets daughter Asteria She however has plans to revenge her fathers 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