Theodora, HWV 68

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Librettist/Text Author: Morell, Thomas

Conductor: Mehta, Bejun

Orchestra: Folia Barockorchester, La

Chorus: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Chorus Master: Ortner, Erwin

A Messenger: Galaviz-Guerra, Zacharias

Didymus: Lowrey, Christopher

Irene: Boulianne, Julie

Septimius: Portillo, David

Theodora: Wagner, Jacquelyn

Valens: Hughes, Evan

Set Designer: Bauer, Silke

Costume Designer: Vollm, Gesine

Lighting Designer: Tscheck, Franz

Stage Director: Herheim, Stefan

Television Director: Filenius, Gotz

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Date of Production: 10-2023

Venue: MuseumsQuartier, Halle E, Vienna

Playing Time: 02:56:26

Catalogue Number: 2.110776

UPC: 747313577651

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Initially a failure when first performed in London in 1750, Theodora has proved to be one of Handel's most enduring and compassionate masterpieces - a work of introspective depth about the redemptive power of tolerance. Theodora's determination to die in defence of her religious freedom offers her the promise of eternal salvation. In this acclaimed Viennese production, award-winning stage director Stefan Herheim contrasts Theodora's self-sacrifice with the lake of spiritual direction of our own time. La Folia Barockorchester and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor are conducted by the acclaimed countertenor and Handel specialist Bejun Mehta.