Bajazet

About the show

Captured Ottoman ruler Bajazet and his daughter Asteria are held by Tamerlane, who loves Asteria; she, in turn, loves Andronicus. As Tamerlane threatens her father, Asteria pretends to accept him but later tries to poison him. Bajazet takes poison and dies, softening Tamerlane’s anger toward Asteria; the opera closes with appeals for mercy and peace.