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| Hadleigh Adams in rehearsal as Bajazet |
If web traffic to our site is any indication, then readers are clearly enjoying the posts about Hadleigh Adams preparing for the Southern Hemisphere premiere of Vivaldi's
Bajazet at Australia's Pinchgut Opera. Earlier today, we posted an amazing rehearsal video of him singing "
Dov'e la figlia?," which shows why he's more than just a pretty face...the man can SING! We figured that we're share a few photos, as well, because he's clearly as easy on the eyes as the ears.
Adams is returning to Pinchgut after a successful run as Pollux in their production of Rameau's Castor & Pollux in 2012. The company clearly recognizes his marketability, as he's part of their recent advertising campaign, which includes online banners, print ads and outdoor advertising.
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| Hadleigh Adams in rehearsal as Bajazet |
Bajazet, a rarely performed operatic tragedy, premiered in Verona in 1735 and is a pastiche of Vivaldi's own arias, as well as those by Johann Adolph Hasse, Geminiano Giacomelli, Nicola Porpora and Riccardo Broschi. The opera is also known as Il Tamerlano and the story was also successfully set to music by Handel. The libretto revolves around romantic entanglements and love triangles and the struggle for power between Bajazet, ruler of the Turks, and Tamerlano, ruler of the Tartars.
Performances of Vivaldi’s
Bajazet will be on July 4, 5, 7 and 8 at City
Recital Hall Angel Place in Sydney. Also in the cast is Christopher
Lowrey as Tamerlano, Helen Sherman as Irene, Emily Edmonds as Asteria
and Russell Harcourt as Andronicus. Tickets and additional production
information is available
online.
