Tamerlano (Gasparini opera)

Title page of the libretto, Venice 1711[a]
Sketch of Francesco Gasparini

Tamerlano (Tamerlane) is a tragic opera in three acts by Francesco Gasparini based on a libretto by Agostino Piovene [de]. It was first performed at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice on 24 January 1711.[1][a][2]: 30 

Piovene’s libretto was based on Tamerlan ou La mort de Bajazet by Jacques Pradon (1675).[3] It was Piovene’s second libretto as well as his second collaboration with Gasparini.[4] Tamerlano was Gasparini’s most famous opera, distinguished by the unusual decision to assign the role of Bajazet to a tenor, Giovanni Paita, rather than to a castrato.[1][2]: 30 


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  1. ^ a b "Tamerlano (Gasparini)". opérabaroque.fr. Opéra Baroque. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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  3. ^ Marie-Élise Palmier-Chatelain (2008). Rêver d'Orient, connaître l'Orient: Visions de l'Orient dans l'art et la littérature britanniques. ENS Editions. p. 172. ISBN 978-2-84788-137-0.
  4. ^ "Il Tamerlano". opera manager.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.