Handel's Tamerlano

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn Tamerlano by Agostin Piovene
gptkbp:catalogueNumber HWV 18
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Francesco_Borosini
gptkb:Giovanni_Battista_Palmerini
gptkb:Giuseppe_Maria_Boschi
gptkb:Francesca_Cuzzoni
gptkb:Senesino
Anna Maria Strada
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handel's Tamerlano
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Nicola_Francesco_Haym
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Asteria
gptkb:Andronico
gptkb:Bajazet
gptkb:Irene
gptkb:Tamerlano
Leone
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Asteria's_"Cor_di_padre"
gptkb:Bajazet's_"Empio,_per_farti_guerra"
Andronico's "Bella Asteria"
Irene's "Par che mi nasca in seno"
gptkbp:notableDeathScene Bajazet's suicide
gptkbp:notableFeature one of Handel's three great operas of 1724 (with Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda)
early example of tragic ending in opera seria
gptkbp:notableRecording Alan Curtis (Virgin, 2005)
John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv, 1985)
Paul McCreesh (Archiv, 2001)
Riccardo Minasi (Naïve, 2016)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:premiereDate 31 October 1724
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:King's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:relatedWork Gasparini's Tamerlano
Scarlatti's Tamerlano
Vivaldi's Bajazet
gptkbp:revival 20th-century baroque revival
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Anatolia
gptkbp:setInPeriod 1402
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Timurid_Empire
gptkb:Bayezid_I
gptkb:Tamerlane_(Timur)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nicola_Francesco_Haym
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8