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Handel: Theodora / Staged by Stefan Herheim

Handel's Theodora staged by award-winning director Stefan Herheim featuring Jacquelyn Wagner, La Folia Barockorchester and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor.

Winner in the Performing Arts category of Venice TV Award 2024!

Oratorio in three acts, HWV 68 (1750)
Libretto by Thomas Morell

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.

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

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

[2.110776 / NBD0184V]
Total playing time: 176 minutes
Language: English · Subtitles: English, German, French, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · Dolby Digital 2.0 and Surround 5.1 · DVD 9 · Region: 0 (Worldwide)
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM Stereo and DTS Master Audio 5.1 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C