Theodora

2009•3h 9m

Music

George Frederic Handel's oratorio Theodora, in its first-ever staged version at the Salzburg Festival, was among the highlights of Handel Year 2009. Acclaimed director Christof Loy presented Theodora as the profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her faith, an interpretation captivated with bravura by world-renowned video director Hannes Rossacher. A luminous Christine Schaefer and countertenor Bejun Mehta formed a perfect leading couple altogether suited to conductor Ivor Bolton's vigorus reading.

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Cast

Christine Schäfer

Theodora

Bejun Mehta

Didimus

Joseph Kaiser

Septimius

Johannes Martin Kränzle

Valens

Bernarda Fink

Irene

Ivor Bolton

Conductor

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