Tamerlano : opera in three acts / Opus Arte-Teatro Real co-production ; [music], Georg Frideric Handel ; libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Agostino Piovene's Il Tamerlano (1711) and Il Bajazet (1719), both set by Gasparini, based on the play by Jacques Pradon, Tamerlan, ou La mort de Bajazet ; TV director, Ángel Luis Ramírez ; TV producer, Angela Alvarez Rilla ; DVD producer, Ferenc van Damme.
Publisher:
Opus Arte,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
3 videodiscs (241 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Plácido Domingo (Bajazet) ; Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano) ; Ingela Bohlin (Asteria) ; Jennifer Holloway (Irene) ; Luigi de Donato (Leone) ; Orchestra of the Teatro Real ; Paul McCreesh, conductor. Recorded 17 May 2001, Teatro della Pergola, Florence. Picture format 16:9, anamorphic, NTSC. Booklet with program notes in English, French and German (25 pages : col. illustrations) inserted in container. Bonus features: illustrated synopsis, cast gallery, interview with Paul McCreesh.
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