Organization

Chanteur

Soprano

Christine Schäfer

Theodora

Contre-ténor

Bejun Mehta

Didymus

Baryton-basse

Johannes Martin Kränzle

Valens

Ténor

Joseph Kaiser

Septimius

Mezzo-soprano

Bernarda Fink

Irène

Ryland Davies

Messenger

Direction d'orchestre

Ivor Bolton

Mise en scène

Christof Loy

Costumes

Ursula Renzenbrink

Décors

Annette Kurz

Salzburger Festspiele

Orchestra

Freiburger Barockorchester

Others

Bach Choir Salzburg

Theodora -  (Théodora)

Salzbourg

Autriche

Großes Festspielhaus

A highlight of the Handel commemorative year (250th anniversary of death) was the Salzburg Festival’s first-ever staging of Handel’s oratorio “Theodora” of 1750. Christof Loy, who was voted
“director of the year” three times by the prestigious journal “Opernwelt”, created a production that is, in his words, “almost as an installation”, and groups his characters around the remains of a gigantic organ in situations that echo the libretto’s tragic dilemma of love, faith and virtue. His concept is supported by the vigorous Ivor Bolton and the Freiburger Barockorchester playing on original instruments, the Salzburger Bachchor, and, above all, by a fine cast. It is led by the luminous Christine Schäfer as a Theodora who “perfectly encapsulates the heroine’s combination of fragility and defiance” (AFP), and countertenor Bejun Mehta, who “excels as Theodora’s lover Didymus” (The New York Times). Video director Hannes Rossacher, known both in the pop (Rolling Stones) and classical worlds (Mozart’s “Lucio Silla” for UNITEL), captures the essence of this rarely recorded work, another joint project of the exclusive audiovisual partners Salzburg Festival and UNITEL CLASSICA.

Theodora Händel

Public

Théodora

Valide

Brochure de la production

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