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di distribuzione: 12/10/2024
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Handel Georg Friedrich 1685 1759
Theodora; Oratorio in three acts, HWV 68 (1750)
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Lirica
1 DVD
NAX 2110776
Alto prezzo
Barcode: 0747313577651
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Libretto by Thomas Morell (1703–1784)
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MEHTA BEJUN c-ten
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Jacquelyn Wagner, Soprano; Christopher Lowrey, Countertenor; David Portillo, Tenor; Evan Hughes, Bass-baritone
Julie Boulianne, Mezzo-soprano; Arnold Schoenberg Chor; La Folia Barockorchester; Stefan Herheim, Stage director
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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 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. |
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