Organization

Singer

Countertenor

Lawrence Zazzo

Tamerlano

Tenor

Yves Saelens

Bajazet

Soprano

Elizabeth Reiter

Asteria

Mezzo-soprano

Cecelia Hall

Irene

Conductor

Karsten Januschke

Stage director

RB Schlather

Set designer

Paul Steinberg

Costume designer

Doey Lüthi

Lighting designer

Marcel Heyde

Dramaturge

Mareike Wink

Dmitry Egorov

Andronico

Bass

Jarrett Porter

Leone

Takeshi Moriuchi

Oper Frankfurt

Orchestra

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Others

Opernstudio Frankfurt

Italian

Tamerlano -  (Tamerlane)

Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Bockenheimer Depot

Tamerlano Händel

Public

Tamerlane

German

Approved

The people in Handel’s 18th century opera, based on true events, are caught up between power and stubbornness, love and desire, madness and constancy: In the 14th century Timur-Leng, leader of the Mongolian army, thrashed the Osmanian Sultan Bajezid I, who was reported to have faced his conquerer with dignity and pride. A conflict between two rulers acting according to different codes of honour and the development of a strong female character escalates until the work culminates in a dramatic suicide that challenges the conventional lieto fine of opera seria.

The director R.B. Schlather, set and costume designers Paul Steinberg and Doey Lüthi, transformed the Bockenheimer Depot into a playing field for a dynamic experiment between singers, orchestra and audience. They bring us up close with a situation where private and politics clash, stable power relations are shaken, and rationality goes out of the window.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble