Haendel: Theodora

• Movie
• 2009
• 3h 9m
• Music

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.

Director

Christoph Loy

Starring

Christine Schäfer, Bejun Mehta, Joseph Kaiser, Johannes Martin Kränzle