Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

A huge slice of Handel: Tamerlano from Il Pomo d'Oro at the Barbican

By Charlotte Valori, 11 November 2015
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
“Xavier Sabata's... an unpredictably petulant tyrant with a definite dash of pantomime villain”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 10 November 2015
Programme
Handel, Tamerlano
Performers
Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor
Xavier Sabata, Tamerlano
Max Emanuel Cenčić, Andronico
John Mark Ainsley, Bajazet
Julia Lezhneva, Asteria
Ruxandra Donose, Irene
Pavel Kudinov, Leone
Il Pomo d'Oro
More Opera reviews
Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala
Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1
Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen
Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom. 

**111
Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick
Peter Quantrill, 25th April
Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival. 
****1
Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre
John Gilks, 25th April
Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.
*****
Trojan’s Carousel: a magical night of dreams come true in Prague
Frank Kuznik, 23rd April
A vintage opera at the National Theatre offers charming adventures for children and musical sophistication for adults.
*****
A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia
Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April
A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.
**111
More reviews...
Read reviews of
George Frideric HandelIl Pomo d'OroJohn Mark AinsleyJulia LezhnevaMax Emanuel CenčićMaxim EmelyanychevPavel KudinovRuxandra DonoseTamerlanoXavier Sabata
Related articles
Loading image...
Aiming high: Hugh Cutting on Handel, good storytelling and countertenor appeal
Loading image...
Street-smart and subversive: Ailish Tynan talks Così fan tutte
Loading image...
Singing on the strings: Élodie Brzustowski on Early music in France
Loading image...
A feast of delights at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2023
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.