The Tamerlano convex mirror is all about shades of gold from bronze to ochre to lemon. The double tiered frame is gilded with god metal leaf and detailed with Venetian glass rods. The corona of golden fluorite points achieve a starburst effect.
The Tamerlano convex mirror is about 14 inches in diameter. It is being shipped to my Atlanta showroom, Ainsworth-Noah. Please call 404-231-8787 for more information.
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Handel composed Tamerlano for a premiere at London’s King’s Theatre in 1724. The opera is in three acts and is loosely based on the historic conflict between Bajazet, a Turkish sultan, and the Tartar conqueror Timur, or Tamerlano, who ruled much of western and central Asia in the 14th century.
The opera’s setting is the conquered Turkish city of Prusa, and as the opera opens, Tamerlano is holding Bajazet captive, along with Bajazet’s daughter Asteria. Bajazet’s love for Asteria is the only thing that keeps him from committing suicide, rather than submit to captivity.
Tamerlano has defeated Bajazet and the Turks with the help of a young, Greek prince, Andronico. Now Tamerlano offers to help Andronico claim the throne of Greece. Andronico politely declines, saying he would rather remain at Tamerlano’s side. But his real motive is passion — he and Asteria are deeply in love.
So where is this opera going? Love, betrayal, gender issues, violence and melodrama on a ridiculous scale ensue. But Handel’s music( including two, two battling countertenors!) triumphs.
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