Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Tamerlano, Acts 1 And 2 | 20090423 | As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents the tragic tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter, captured by the vicious Tartar Emperor Tamerlano. A work without the 'lieto fine' or happy ending, so beloved of Handel's London opera audiences, it is considered to be Handel's deepest, darkest and most 'Shakespearean' opera. Handel: Tamerlano (Acts 1 and 2) Tamerlano - Monica Bacelli (contralto) Bajazet - Tom Randle (tenor) Asteria - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano) Andronico, her lover - Graham Pushee (countertenor) Irene, Princess betrothed to Tamerlano - Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Leone, Andronico's sidekick - Antonio Abete (bass) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director). Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Tamerlano. Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas |
| Tamerlano: Act 3 | 20090424 | Handel: Tamerlano (Act 3) Tamerlano ...... Monica Bacelli (contralto) Bajazet ...... Tom Randle (tenor) Asteria ...... Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano) Andronico ...... Graham Pushee (countertenor) Irene ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Leone ...... Antonio Abete (bass) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director). Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Tamerlano. Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas |