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CHOC to stage Handel's Tamerlano
Handel’s most intense psychological drama, Tamerlano (1724) is presented in a fully staged production by Cambridge Handel Opera Company. It tracks the anguished love of all its characters through an obsessive power-struggle between two intransigent rulers, to a tragic end. See Julian Perkins, CHOC’s Artistic Director, play his arrangement of the first two movements of the overture on a Kirckman harpsichord in Handel’s music room here.
CHOC’s production of Tamerlano was originally due to be staged in April 2020. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the performances have been postponed until April 5, 6, 8 and 9 2022. These will start at 7pm and will take place at The Great Hall, The Leys School, Cambridge. There will also be a Study Afternoon on April 9.
Details of how to book tickets will be available in Autumn 2021. Please keep checking back for details.
Cast
James Laing
Photo: Gerard Collett
Christopher Turner
Thalie Knights
Photo: Gerard Collett
Leila Zanette
Photo: Tatiana Karanja
Caroline Taylor
Photo: Madeline Portraits
Jolyon Loy
Sounds Baroque
Photo: Benjamin Harte
Creative Team
Julian Perkins
Artistic Director
Dionysios Kyropoulos
Stage Director
Trui Malten
Lighting Designer
CHOC mounts productions of Baroque operas that celebrate the fusion of music and the stage, with performances that trust the composer and are not just ‘historically informed’, but ‘historically inspired’. The vibrant synergy in CHOC’s performances between music and stage respects the integrity of the work and conveys its coherence and passion.
CHOC presents three online, interactive discussions focussed on key aspects of preparing a performance