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Handel: Theodora [CD]

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Street Date: 2026-04-24

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.

Tracklist:

  1. Theodora, HWV 68~Ouverture
  2. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  3. Recitative: 'Tis Dioclesian's natal day
  4. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  5. Air: Go, my faithful soldier
  6. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  7. Chorus of Heathens: And draw a blessing down
  8. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  9. Recitative: Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear
  10. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  11. Air: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire
  12. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  13. Chorus of Heathens: For ever thus stands fix'd the doom
  14. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  15. Recitative: Most cruel edict!
  16. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  17. Air: The raptur'd soul defies the sword
  18. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  19. Recitative: I know thy virtues, and ask not thy faith
  20. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  21. Air: Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest
  22. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  23. Recitative: Though hard, my friends
  24. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  25. Air: Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!
  26. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  27. Recitative: O bright example of all goodness!
  28. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  29. Chorus of Christians: Come, mighty Father, mighty Lord
  30. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  31. Recitative: Fly, fly, my brethren, heathen rage pursues us swift
  32. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  33. Air: As with rosy steps the morn
  34. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  35. Chorus of Christians: All pow'r in Heav'n above or earth beneath
  36. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  37. Recitative: Mistaken wretches!
  38. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  39. Air: Dread the fruits of Christian folly
  40. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  41. Recitative: Deluded mortal!
  42. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  43. Accompagnato: Oh, worse than death indeed!
  44. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  45. Air: Angels, ever bright and fair
  46. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  47. Recitative: Unhappy, happy crew!
  48. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  49. Air: Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care
  50. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  51. Recitative: O love, how great thy pow'r!
  52. Theodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene
  53. Chorus of Christians: Go, gen'rous, pious youth
  54. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  55. Recitative: Ye men of Antioch, with solemn pomp
  56. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  57. Chorus of Haethens: Queen of summer, queen of love
  58. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  59. Air: Wide spread his name
  60. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  61. Recitative: Return, Septimius, to the stubborn maid
  62. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  63. Chorus of Haethens: Venus laughing from the skies
  64. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  65. Sinfonia (Largo)
  66. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  67. Recitative: O thou bright sun!
  68. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  69. Air: With darkness deep, as is my woe
  70. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  71. Air (Lentement)
  72. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  73. Recitative: But why art thou disquieted, my soul?
  74. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  75. Air: Oh, that I on wings could rise
  76. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  77. Recitative: Long have I known thy friendly social soul
  78. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  79. Air: Though the honours that Flora and Venus receive
  80. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  81. Recitative: Oh, save her then
  82. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  83. Air: Deeds of kindness to display
  84. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  85. Recitative: The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere
  86. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  87. Air: Defend her, Heav'n!
  88. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  89. Recitative: Or lull'd with grief, or rapt her soul to Heav'n
  90. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  91. Air: Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form
  92. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  93. Recitative: Oh, save me, Heav'n, in this my perilous hour!
  94. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  95. Air: The pilgrim's home, the sick man's he
  96. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  97. Accompagnato: Forbid it, Heav'n!
  98. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  99. Recitative: Or say, what right have I
  100. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  101. Duett: To thee, thou glorious son of worth
  102. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  103. Recitative: 'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing is denied
  104. Theodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene
  105. Chorus of Christians: He saw the lovely youth, death's early prey
  106. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  107. Air: Lord, to Thee each night and day
  108. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  109. Recitative: But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus!
  110. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  111. Air: When sunk in anguish and despair
  112. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  113. Solo and Chorus: Blest be the hand, and blest the pow'r
  114. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  115. Recitative: Undaunted in the court stands Didymus
  116. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  117. Accompagnato: O my Irene, Heav'n is kind
  118. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  119. Recitative: Stay me not, dear friend
  120. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  121. Duet: Whither, Princess, do you fly
  122. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  123. Recitative: She's gone, disdaining liberty and life
  124. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  125. Air: New scenes of joy come crowding on
  126. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  127. Recitative: Is it a Christian virtue then
  128. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  129. Recitative: Be that my doom. You may inflict it here
  130. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  131. Air: Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r!
  132. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  133. Recitative: 'Tis kind, my friends, but kinder still
  134. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  135. Chorus of Heathens: How strange their ends
  136. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  137. Recitative: On me your frowns, your utmost rage exert
  138. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  139. Air: Ye ministers of justice, lead them hence
  140. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  141. Recitative: And must such beauty suffer?
  142. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  143. Air and Duett: Streams of pleasure ever flowing
  144. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  145. Recitative: Ere this, their doom is past and they are gone
  146. Theodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene
  147. Chorus of Christians: O love divine, thou source of fame

UPC: 5400439004856
Label: Ricercar
Release Date: 4.24.26
Format: CD

SKU: 100049518
UPC: 5400439004856