Theodora

Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell’s thrilling new production of Handel’s Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality, Theodora, a religious fundamentalist, plots for the resistance against the Roman occupation. But when her secret plan to destroy the Roman embassy is discovered, she learns the true brutality of her oppressors. Harry Bicket conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Cast

Julia Bullock

Theodora

Joyce DiDonato

Irene

Jakub Józef Orliński

Didymus

Ed Lyon

Septimus

Gyula Orendt

Valens

Thando Mjandana

Marcus