Handel’s “Theodora” was performed in its entirety at Segerstrom Concert Hall on Monday night by conductor Harry Bicket, the English Concert, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and a set of distinguished ...

Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Tis Diocletian s Natal Day" (Valens) Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go ...

It wasn't Theodora, but the Carnegie Hall audience, who went wild on Sunday at the performance by the English Concert of Handel's rarely heard THEODORA. With the modern rebirth of interest in ...

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Theodora, Handel's final oratorio, narrates the inspiring story of a principled martyr who defies persecution with unshakable faith. This timeless work, brought to life through Handel's masterful ...

Handel himself wasn’t convinced of the drawing qualities of his oratorio Theodora, remarking in an un-woke aside that it was too Christian for Jewish audience members and too virtuous to interest ...

Katie Mitchell’s modern-day staging of Handel’s oratorio is probing but problematic. The cast, however, is one of the finest ever assembled for the work Handel considered Theodora the greatest of his ...

Theodora is certainly not action-packed. Instead, it compels through its sophisticated exploration of the characters’ moral, intellectual and spiritual dilemmas and its magnificent music. Handel’s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The most memorable operatic event of the year so far has been the Royal Opera’s mesmerising production of ...

HOW LONG can it take for a flop to become a smash? In the case of one of George Frideric Handel’s oratorios, the answer is around 250 years. In February 1750 the composer turned 65. A few weeks later ...