Haendel: Theodora
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Bejun Mehta · Bernarda Fink · Christine Schäfer · Ivor Bolton · Johannes Martin Kränzle · Joseph Kaiser · Christoph Loy · Thomas Morell