Handel's Tamerlano

Handel's Tamerlano (2015) blends Music and Drama elements. Top cast includes Christophe Dumaux, Jeremy Ovenden, and Sophie Karthäuser. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Christophe Dumaux • Genre: Drama movies

In Tamerlano, Handel defied rules both written and tacit—offering a main role to a mature tenor at a time when the castrato voice dominated; and not shying away from shocking scenes that other composers approached hesitantly, like suicide. Pierre Audi’s elegant, minimalist staging allows an all-star cast of singers to highlight the work’s many dramatic elements, proving that Baroque opera can still move and thrill us as it did 300 years ago!