Haendel: Theodora

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.

Cast

Christine Schäfer

Theodora

Bejun Mehta

Didimus

Joseph Kaiser

Septimius

Johannes Martin Kränzle

Valens

Bernarda Fink

Irene

Ivor Bolton

Conductor