| A Natural History of the Crinoidea of Lily Shaped Animals, with Observations on the Genera Asteria, Euryale, Comatula, and Marsupites. |
| Only the Turkish sultan, Bajazet and his daughter, Asteria appear in period finery, like peacocks in a world of corporate grey. |
| A natural history of the Crinoidea or lily-shaped animals, with observations on the genera Asteria, Euryale, Comatula, and Marsupites. |
| Handel paces it magically, building tension slowly through the three acts to the powerful and moving final scene, in which Bajazet bids farewell to his daughter, Asteria. |
| Also she bare Asteria of happy name, whom Perses once led to his great house to be called his dear wife. |
