Viola da Gamba Player

In an emotionally charged tale of courage in the face of tyranny, internationally acclaimed tenor David Portillo portrays the brave and tragic Turkish Emperor Bajazet, imprisoned by the Tartar Emperor Tamerlano sung by “exquisite” (Opera News) countertenor Ryan Belongie. Following her triumphant 2023 Haymarket debut in La Giuditta, luminescent soprano Emily Birsan sings the role of Asteria, Bajazet’s daughter, desired as wife by both Tamerlano and his Greek ally Andronico, sung by rising star mezzo-soprano Kathleen Felty. Mezzo Emily Fons makes her much-anticipated return to Haymarket as the Princess Irene, Tamerlano’s jilted bride-to-be. Bass-baritone David Govertsen brings his “thrilling bass” (Chicago Stage Style) to the role of Leone, confidant of Andronico.

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Tamerlano

DePaul University Welcome Center

Haymarket brings Handel’s blockbuster oratorio La Resurrezione to the stage with an updated nod to its visually sumptuous 1708 premiere. Building on Haymarket’s “brilliantly performed” (Chicago Tribune) films that incorporated projected scenic elements, designer Camilla Tassi makes her Haymarket debut with lavish projections inspired by eye-witness accounts of the first performances of this oratorio. Handel’s score is an opera in all but name, and demands breathtaking vocal and instrumental virtuosity. Early music specialist Christian Curnyn conducts the Haymarket Opera Orchestra with a star-studded cast led by soprano Sarah Brailey as the Angel and baritone Douglas Williams as Lucifer. Vocal fireworks combine with religious fervor in a heroic showdown between Heaven and Hell.

La Resurrezione

Recorder virtuoso Tabea Debus is “one of the most exciting young musicians in the early music world” (Classic FM). In this program, Debus and her colleagues explore the longstanding phenomenon of earworms and how tunes and dances wormed their way into many aspects of music-making in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe.

Tabea Debus, recorder

Logan Center

The ensemble performs Domenico Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, as well as music of J. S. Bach and other Baroque period works for chorus and continuo.

Viola da Gamba Player

Anna Steinhoff

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 7, 2026

Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Past events

19 - 22 Sep, 2024

Tamerlano · Haymarket Opera Company

Jun 14, 2024

La Resurrezione · Haymarket Opera Company

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Stabat Mater by Scarlatti

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

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