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