Tamerlano review – a hit and miss evening

Barbican, London
There was some glorious singing, but Il Pomo d’Oro’s performance of Handel’s opera didn’t move as it shouldHandel’s Tamerlano has become a calling card for Il Pomo d’Oro, the fine Italian period ensemble founded in 2012. Their recording of this most difficult of the composer’s operas, released last year, was a great achievement, which, along with a series of striking Wigmore Hall concerts, put them very much on the map as far as UK audie