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	Georg Friedrich Händel: Tamerlano
		Handel began the composition of Tamerlano, one of the supreme masterpieces of Baroque opera seria, on 3rd July 1724.
		The first reason for revision was a change in the cast: the role of Irene was originally conceived for a soprano, then much of it had to be rewritten for the contralto Anna Dotti, who sang it in the first performance.
		As part of this shortening process Handel also cut a duet for Tamerlano and Irene ("Vedrò ch'un dì") which originally followed the recitative "Signor, fra tante cure" in Act III Scene 8; it is printed as Appendix (17) in the HHA score, and is given here on pp.
	www.baerenreiter.com /html/vosco/tamerlano.htm (1044 words)

	Washington National Opera - Our Season - Tamerlano
		Washington National Opera - Our Season - Tamerlano
		Handel's rarely-performed work recounts the tale of Tatar conqueror Tamerlano, whose enslavement of the Ottoman emperor Bajazet and fluctuating marital intentions lead to conspiracy and suicide.
		Plácido Domingo makes his American debut in the pivotal role of Bajazet, and acclaimed countertenor David Daniels is the tyrannical Tamerlano.
	www.dc-opera.org /ourseason/tamerlano.asp (93 words)

	Classical Net Review - Vivaldi - Bajazet
		Typical of its time, this is one of the operas with an "A loves B loves C, etc." plot, except the romantic entanglements take place against the backdrop of the conflict between Tamerlano (Tamerlane, literally "the lame lord"), ruler of the Tartars, and Bajazet (here, pronounced "Ba-zha-zette"), ruler of the Turks.
		Tamerlano rewards Irene with a new promise of marriage, and orders Asteria, Bajazet, and Andronico to be taken away.
		This was not at all unusual for the era, and it had a symbolic purpose, as Vivaldi used music by the composers in the Neapolitan style for arias assigned to the "invaders" – Tamerlano, Andronico, and Irene.
	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/v/vir45676a.html (757 words)

	classical music - andante - handel's tamerlano, on cd and dvd
		Tamerlano is one of Handel's most successful musical dramas, with a number of distinguishing characteristics: it eschews special stage effects and most lavish vocal display, and it features a starring role for a tenor, common in the oratorios but not at all characteristic of Handel's operas.
		The story concerns the Tatar conqueror Tamerlano (Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, etc.), a favorite antagonist of early modern writers and composers, who has overcome the Ottoman sultan Bajazet (Bayezid) and seeks to marry his daughter Asteria, despite being betrothed to Irene, the Princess of Trebizond, whom he has never met.
		Tamerlano has made an accommodation with the Byzantine Prince Andronico, but the latter is in love with Asteria, as is she with him...
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=18007 (1304 words)

	MUSIC REVIEW;Florid Style for a Tartar King - New York Times
		"Tamerlano," composed in 1724 to a libretto adapted by Nicola Haym from an original by Agostino Piovene, is typically Baroque in its combination of political intrigue with romance gone awry.
		Tamerlano, the 15th-century Tartar king, has defeated Bajazet's Turkish army, and although Bajazet's daughter, Asteria, is betrothed to Andronico, a Greek general and Tamerlano's ally, Tamerlano decides to marry her himself.
		Yuri Hasegawa, a soprano, was a superbly fiery Asteria, and Tara Venditti, a mezzo-soprano, balanced imperiousness with at least a hint of compassion in her portrayal of Tamerlano.
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	Tamerlano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tamerlano ('Tamerlane') (HWV 18) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian text by Nicola Francesco Haym adapted from Agostin Piovene's Tamerlano together with another libretto entitled Bajazet after Nicholas Pradon's Tamerlan, ou La Mort de Bajazet.
		It is set in Anatolia and based around Tamerlane after his defeat of the Ottoman emperor Bajazet.
		Tamerlano by Anthony Hicks, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tamerlano (184 words)

	HANDEL Tamerlano [KM]: Classical Reviews- Aug 2002 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the same time, a recording of a performance of this work was made at the Handel festival in Halle, Germany, and is released on DVD with the same cast and performers.
		Tamerlano premiered on 31 October, and this was certainly not a chance date.
		Handel revived Tamerlano once in 1731, making several major changes - he added one aria, but especially cut a great deal of the recitatives, which are already the most extensive in all of Handel’s operas.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2002/Aug02/Handel_Tamerlano.htm (1039 words)

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		Tamerlano is usually considered as one of Handel’s masterworks composed for the Royal Academy of Music, and was created in 1724, only a few months after Giulio Cesare in Egitto and before Rodelinda, regina de’Longobardi.
		But Tamerlano is quite different from the two others and in fact quite an exceptional work.
		Gwendolyn Killebrew is a satisfying Tamerlano, and her “A dispetto” is really good, even if she seems to try to make her voice sound more like a contralto than it naturally seems.
	gfhandel.org /reviews/hwv018moriarty.htm (405 words)

	Scottish Opera Online - Scotland's National Opera Company - Tamerlano
		Tamerlano is recognised as one of the supreme masterpieces of Baroque opera.
		Tamerlano is a rarely-produced opera set in Anatolia, now in modern-day Turkey, and is based on the story of Tamerlane, the emperor of the Tatars, and his love for Asteria, the daughter of the imprisoned Turkish sultan Bajazet.
		Tamerlano is conducted by Glaswegian-born Christian Curnyn and directed by John La Bouchardière – the creative team which received such praise in 2005 for Scottish Opera’s Semele.
	www.scottishopera.org.uk /cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=118 (281 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		But in Handel's Tamerlano we are smack in the middle of these people's hearts and it's more suspenseful and moving than operas with battles, great political themes, wind machines, and exotic dancers.
		Her powers of exclamation are ideal for Tamerlano's sense of entitlement and nastiness, and she's a very good technician, managing the difficult runs with ease and spitting out some low notes to great effect.
		Bass Antonio Abete, in the role of Leone, a friend of Tamerlano and Andronicus, is given a showpiece aria Handel wrote for a revival of the work, and he sings it brilliantly.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=5244 (666 words)

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		Handel’s intense tragedy Tamerlano was first produced at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, in London on 31st October 1724, yet Handel had commenced composing the score much earlier on 3rd July 1724.
		His decision to omit some fine music from the last few scenes demonstrates his willingness to sacrifice superficial entertainment value of the music for the benefit of the artistic quality of the opera.
		This new recording by Trevor Pinnock is as musically and dramatically convincing as any previous version, although an initially harsh verdict is that it is a wasted opportunity due its minimal advance of our understanding of the opera as Handel intended it to be heard.
	gfhandel.org /reviews/hwv018pinnock.htm (974 words)

	Handel: Tamerlano / Pinnock, Bacelli, Randle, Pushee, Et Al \| ArkivMusic
		But in Handel's Tamerlano we are smack in the middle of these people's hearts and it's more suspenseful and moving than operas with battles, great political themes, wind machines, and exotic dancers.
		Her powers of exclamation are ideal for Tamerlano's sense of entitlement and nastiness, and she's a very good technician, managing the difficult runs with ease and spitting out some low notes to great effect.
		Bass Antonio Abete, in the role of Leone, a friend of Tamerlano and Andronicus, is given a showpiece aria Handel wrote for a revival of the work, and he sings it brilliantly.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=53254 (692 words)

	Music, Art & Dance - Music in Berlin
		The Komische Opera staged his opera Tamerlano composed in 3 weeks in 1724.
		Although a brutal leader, Tamerlano (Timur) is portrayed by Handel with dignity and charisma.
		Tamerlano holds captive Bejazet, the Turkish emir whose country he has conquered.
	www.educationupdate.com /archives/2002/july02/htmls/mad_spitz.html (880 words)

	parnassus pacd 96039_40 : handel - tamerlano
		The first recording ever made of Handel's opera Tamerlano, a nearly-complete version highly acclaimed by critics, is now reissued on the Parnassus label.
		The 1970 recording, newly remastered with advanced digital techniques, features mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew as Tamerlano, soprano Carole Bogard as Asteria, mezzo Sophia Steffan as Andronicus, mezzo Joanna Simon as Irene, tenor Alexander Young as Bajazet, and bass Marius Rintzler as Leone.
		John Moriarty conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Copenhagen with continuo supplied by cellist Lars Holm Johansen and harpsichordist Albert Fuller.
	www.parnassusrecords.com /pacd96039_40.htm (226 words)

	The English Concert
		In the brooding atmosphere of the 15th Century Ottoman Court the tyrannical Tamerlano holds prisoner the defeated Bajazet and his daughter Asteria.
		As their story unfolds Handel's vividly descriptive music is inspired by the emotional conflicts inherent in Tamerlano's position of absolute power over Bajazet while at the same time being in love with his daughter.
		Handel's Tamerlano is a co-production by The English Concert, the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris and the Handel Festival, Halle.
	www.sadlers-wells.com /whats_on/spring2001/english.asp (230 words)

	Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Tamerlano
		Tamerlano, a masterpiece of Baroque opera, is set in Antolia, now modern-day Turkey and is based on the story of Tamerlane, the emperor of the Tatars, and his love for Asteria, the daughter of the impisoned Turkish sultan Bajazet.
		The role of Tamerlano is sung by counter-tenor Max Cencic while sporano Gail Pearson appears as Asteria.
		Tamerlano is conducted by Glasgow-born Christian Curnyn and directed by John La Bouchaardiere.
	www.theambassadors.com /theatreroyalglasgow/sp_p2949.html (89 words)

	Handel's opera 'Tamerlano' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Tamerlano is something of a curiosity though: effectively, the opera ends with the death by suicide of the defeated, humiliated Ottoman Sultan, Bajazet.
		Tamerlano (Tamburlaine of Marlowe's play) has driven him to it, and two more suicides look very likely indeed.
		Ashamed of his actions, Tamerlano reforms and a double wedding is imminent -- but all this in the very last bars only, and even they close with with a chorus whose sentiments are up-beat but whose tonality is e minor!
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2002/09/tamerla1.htm (182 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Handel: Tamerlano /Bacelli · Randle · Norberg-Schulz · Pushee· Bonitatibus · Abete · Pinnock: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Tamerlano was one of Handel's 'great three' operas of the mid-1720s, alongside Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda, created in an atmosphere of creativity only rivalled by his efforts almost a decade later.
		WHere this recording suffers is from having a light-weight Mezzo as Tamerlano - Monica Bacelli is not really up to the florid coloratura of Handel's writing (Ah dispetto comes to mind), nor does she have the moral authority or nastiness of the tyrant which is needed here.
		Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz is also substandard as Asteria, but her duet with Andronico is one of the highlights of the CD set.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Handel-Tamerlano-Bacelli-Norberg-Schulz-Bonitatibus/dp/B0000682W4 (610 words)

	Amazon.com: Tamerlano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Tamerlano: Dramma per musicain tre atti, HWV 18.(Review) (book reviews): An article from: Notes by Suzanne Aspden (Dec 1, 1998)
		Magnon, and in 1725 Handel's Tamerlano was first performed in London;...
		Flavio (1724), Giulio Cesare (1724), Tamerlano* (1724), Rodelinda (1725), Scipione (1726),...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&keywords=Tamerlano&page=1 (486 words)

	John La Bouchardiere - Opera Director - Tamerlano
		Max Cenic as Tamerlano, sitting on the Coronation throne of England and the Scottish Stone of Scone with the Elgin Marbles
		In essence, the subject of Tamerlano is sovereignty - of self and of state - and the right of one to impose his will on another.
		However, when Bajazet takes poison, he confronts and effectively defeats Tamerlane: his act of suicide becomes as much the ultimate self-determination - he can neither be made to live nor die - as it is sacrificial.
	www.johnlabouchardiere.com /tamerlano.html (313 words)

	Amazon.com: Vivaldi: Bajazet [Includes Bonus DVD]: Music: Fabio Biondi,David Daniels,Elina Garanca,Marijana ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet), opera ("tregedia per musica") in 3 acts (pasticcio compiled by Vivaldi), RV703 Sinfonia.
		The singing could not be better: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo is a remarkably sympathetic Bajazet, singing with fluency and power; David Daniels amazes as Tamerlano; Marijana Mijanovic sings the role of Asteria (Bajazet's daughter) with love and precision; and Viveca Genaux dazzles with her perfect coloratura as Irene.
		In fact, it's based on the same libretto as Handel's Tamerlano (although the texts of the arias appear to be different).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00022LE38?v=glance (2013 words)

	Andrew Radley countertenor
		Radley seemed at ease with the complex passage-work that characterises some of Tamerlano's arias.
		I look forward to hearing and seeing much more of Andrew Radley as he seems a natural stage creature.
		"Tamerlano himself, sung by the commanding Andrew Radley, was suitably repellent"
	www.andrewradley.com /index.html (170 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Vivaldi: Bajazet, Fabio Biondi, CD, Includes Bonus DVD
		This is a spectacular recording of an opera that has been given scant attention in the studio except by Cecilia Bartoli in her 1999 Vivaldi Album with her rendition of "Anch'il mar par che sommerga".
		Aside from Vivaldi aficionados, the 2 ½ hour opera tends to live in the shadow of Handel's masterful "Tamerlano", which tells the same story with even more dramatic arcs, and comparisons are inevitable.
		The plot focuses on a psychological tug-of-war between Bajazet, the vanquished Ottoman sultan, and Tamerlano, the ego-driven Tartar conqueror.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=tu530zgCzY&WRK=9622210 (1402 words)

	CD Spotlight. Breach of conventions? - Handel's opera 'Tamerlano' in a new recording investigated by Peter Dale. '... ...
		Monica Bacelli as Tamerlano is cruel, whimsical, political and irresistible.
		Monica Bacelli, contralto (Tamerlano), Tom Randle, tenor (Bajazet), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, soprano (Asteria), Graham Pushee, alto (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano (Irene), Antonio Abete, bass (Leone), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, conductor
		George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18 (1724), an opera in three acts.
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2002/09/tamerla3.htm (307 words)

	Europa Galante - Recensioni
		Bajazet was Vivaldi's opera for the 1735 Carnival season at Verona, and is based on the same libretto as Handel's Tamerlano.
		The Ottoman sultan Bajazet has been defeated and taken captive by the ruthless Tartar emperor Tamerlano, but defiantly refuses to submit to him.
		That is as maybe, but it cannot be denied that Vivaldi chose his arias well.
	www.europagalante.com /dettaglio_recensione.php?id=12 (551 words)

	CD/DVD Reviews
		BBC Music Review has regularly offered additional study material with its cover CDs, a great bargain if you have time to read all the material.
		Now we have an extraordinary DVD from Arthaus, celebrating the 50 years of the Handel-Festspiele at Halle in Eastern Germany with the 2001 production of Tamerlano by the English specialist, Trevor Pinnock, with his The English Consort.
		This is particularly useful for replaying particular passages and arias; the melodic line as published is plain, and you will appreciate the artistry the singers bring to embellishing it.
	theoperacritic.com /Pages/Reviews/V2PGWDVDTamerlano.htm (385 words)

	VARIATIONS Sound Recording aaz1704 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aria: Vo'dar pace a un alma altiera (Tamerlano)
		Recitativo: "Eccomi, che si chiede?" (Asteria, Tamerlano, Andronico, Bajazet, Irene)
		Coro: "D'atra notte gia mirasi a scorno" (Irene, Andronico, Tamerlano, Leone)
	www.dlib.indiana.edu /variations/html/aaz1704.html (414 words)

	Graham Pushee :-:-: discography :-:-: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Again, though he was one of the few bright spots in the under-vitalized Trevor Pinnock recording of Tamerlano … I was unprepared for the sheer splendor of his singing here.
		With this performance, firm in line, rich in tone, and commanding a remarkably delicate yet solid pianissimo, the Australian established his claim to a place in the very first rank of countertenors, which in these days of Andreas Scholl, David Daniels, Robin Blaze, Daniel Taylor, and Bejun Mehta is saying a great deal."
		"Tamerlano needs virtuoso singers with a particular sensitivity to its prevailing tragic mood...The cast on the present recording is admirably well balanced in this respect.
	www.angelfire.com /music/nolimitsmusicfans/pushdisc.html (1294 words)

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