George Frideric Handel - Theodora (Stefan Herheim / Theatre an der Wien)

Winner in the Performing Arts category of Venice TV Award 2024! 
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 lack of spiritual direction of our own times. La Folia Barockorchester and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor are conducted by the acclaimed countertenor and Handel specialist Bejun Mehta.
Oratorio in three acts, HWV 68 (1750)
Libretto by Thomas Morell
Theodora - Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano
Didymus - Christopher Lowrey, countertenor
Septimius - David Portillo, tenor
Valens - Evan Hughes, bass-baritone
Irene - Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
A Messenger - Zacharías Galaviz Guerra, baritone (Soloist of the Arnold Schoenberg Chor)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
La Folia Barockorchester
Conductor - Bejun Mehta
Stage Director - Stefan Herheim
Video Director - Götz Filenius
Filmed on 23 and 25 October 2023 at MuseumsQuartier / Hall E, Vienna, Austria
A production of Vereinigte Bühnen Wien in cooperation with Naxos
DVD 2.110776 / Blu-ray NBD0184V
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