Handel: Theodora (BD)

La Folia Barockorchester;
Mehta, Bejun

NBD 0184 V

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.

Soloists: Jacquelyn Wagner, Soprano • Christopher Lowrey, Countertenor • David Portillo, Tenor • Evan Hughes, Bass-baritone • Julie Boulianne, Mezzo-soprano • Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Stefan Herheim, Stage director

Blu-ray

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

02-12-2024

730099018463