Millenium Orchestra; Choeur de Chambre de Namur; Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon
Release Date: 10 April 2026
Label: Outhere / Ricercar
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5400439004856
Composer/Series: Handel
Description
The oratorio Theodora was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750 and clearly took Londoners by surprise. Handel had, after all, made a one hundred and eighty degree turn in his choice of subject. The grandiose episodes of the Old Testament, the glorious struggles of Solomon, Saul or Judas Maccabaeus are no more: the young martyr Theodora leads neither a community nor troops into battle. In a work far removed from the grand spectacle of biblical oratorios, Handel invites us to witness the poignant tale of a personal drama, a drama of the beginnings of Christianity fuelled by conscience, faith, and the heartbreak that they cause.
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