HANDEL: THEODORA

CHRISTIE, WILLIAM

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Theodora; HVW 68
Ouverture
Trio
Courante
Part 1
Scene 1
Recitative: Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens)
Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens)
Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (Heathens)
Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens)
Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens)
Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (Heathens)
Scene 2
Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus)
Air: The Rapture'd Soul Defies The Sword (Septimius)
Recitative: I Know The Virtues (Septimius)
Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius)
Scene 3
Recitative: Tho' Hard My Friends (Theodora)
Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora)
Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene)
Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene)
Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (Christians)
Scene 4
Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene)
Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene)
Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (Christians)
Scene 5
Recitativo: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius)
Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius)
Recitative: Deluded Moral! (Theodora, Spetimius)
Acompagnato: O Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora)
Air; Angles, Ever Brith And Fair (Theodora)
Scene 6
Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene)
Air: King Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus)
Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene)
Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth
Part 2
Scene 1
Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens)
Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (Heathens)
Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens)
Recitative: Return, Septimius (Valens)
Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (Heathens)
Scene 2
Symphony
Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora)
Air: With Darkness Deep As My Woe (Theodora)
Symphony
Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? (Theodora)
Air: Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora)
Scene 3
Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius)
Air: Tho' The Honours That Flora And Venus Receive (Septimius)
Recitative: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius)
Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus)
Scene 4
Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere (Irene)
Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene)
Recitative: Or Lulled With Grief (Didymus)
Air: Sweet Rose And Lily, Flow'ry Form (Didymus)
Recitative: O Save Me Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus)
Air: The Pilgrim's Home, The Sick Man's Health (Theodora)
Acompagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus)
Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I (Didymus, Theodora)
Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus)
Scene 6
Recitative: 'Tis Night, But Night's Sweet Blessing (Irene)
Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (Christians)
Part 3
Scene 1
Air: Lord, To Thee, Each Night And Day (Irene)
Scene 2
Recitative: But See The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora)
Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora)
Chorus: Blest Be The Hand (Christians)
Scene 3
Recitiative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene)
Accompangato: O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind (Theodora)
Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora)
Recitative: She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty And Life (Irene)
Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene)
Scene 4
Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue, Then (Valens, Didymus)
Scene 5
Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius
Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) - Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius)
Air: Cease, Ye Slaves Your Friends (Septimius)
Recitative: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora)
Chorus: How Strange Their Ends (Heathens)
Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
Scene 6
Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer! (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus), Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus)
Scene 7
Recitative: Ere This Their Doom Is Past (Irene)
Chorus: O Love Divine, Thou Source Of Fame (Irene, Christians)
4:09

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Phonographic Copyright â„— â€“ Erato Disques
Copyright Â© â€“ Parlophone Records Ltd.
Recorded At â€“ Espace de projection

Credits

Alto Vocals [Choir] â€“ Anne Lelong, Armand GavrillidÃ¨s, Dominique Favat, Jean-Paul Bonnevalle, Pierre Kuzor
Baritone Vocals [Messenger] â€“ Laurent Slaars
Baritone Vocals [Valens] â€“ Nathan Berg
Bass Vocals [Choir] â€“ Christophe Olive, David Le Monnier, Fabrice Chomienne, Frits Vanhulle, Jean-FranÃ§ois Gay, Laurent Collobert
Bassoon â€“ Claude Wassmer, Rhoda Patrick
Cello â€“ Alix Verzier, Damien Launay, Emmanuel Balssa, Paul Carlioz, Ulrike Brutt
Cello [Continuo] â€“ David Simpson (2)
Chorus Master â€“ FranÃ§ois Bazola
Composed By â€“ Handel*
Conductor â€“ William Christie
Countertenor Vocals [Dydimus] â€“ Daniel Taylor (3)
Design â€“ Smith & Gilmour
Double Bass â€“ Michael Greenberg
Double Bass [Continuo] â€“ Jonathan Cable
Engineer [Sound, Editing] â€“ Didier Jean
Ensemble â€“ Les Arts Florissants
Executive-Producer â€“ Arnaud Moral
Flute â€“ Charles Zebley, Serge SaÃ¯tta
Harpsichord [Continuo] â€“ BÃ©atrice Martin (2)
Horn â€“ Denis Maton
Libretto By â€“ Thomas Morell
Liner Notes â€“ Anthony Hicks (2)
Liner Notes [French Translation] â€“ Dennis Collins (2), Virginie Bauzou
Liner Notes [German Program Translation] â€“ Anne Steeb
Liner Notes [German Text and Program Translation] â€“ Almut Lenz-Konrad
Liner Notes [German Translation] â€“ Bernd MÃ¼ller (2)
Management [Project] â€“ Lee Woollard
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Irene] â€“ Juliette Galstain
Oboe â€“ Geoffrey Burgess, Machico Ueno*, Michel Henry, Pier Luigi Fabretti
Painting â€“ Frederick Sandys
Percussion â€“ Marie-Ange Petit
Repetiteur [Choir] â€“ Anne-Catherine Vinay
Repetiteur [Language Coach] â€“ Alan Woodhouse
Soprano Vocals [Choir] â€“ Anne Mopin, Anne Pichard, Cassandra Harvey, Isabelle Sauvageot, Jeanette Wilson-Best, Nicole Dubrovitch, Roselyne Tessier-Lemoine, Sheena Wolstencroft, Sophie Decaudaveine
Soprano Vocals [Theodora] â€“ Sophie Daneman
Tenor Vocals â€“ Michael Loughlin-Smith
Tenor Vocals [Choir] â€“ Bruno Renhold, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Maurizio Rossano, Nicolas Maire
Tenor Vocals [Soloist] â€“ Richard Croft
Theorbo [Continuo] â€“ Elizabeth Kenny
Trumpet â€“ JoÃ«l Lahens, RenÃ© Maze
Typography [Typesetting] â€“ Peter Vogelpoel
Viola â€“ Anne Weber, Galina Zinchenko, Jean-Luc Thonnerieux, Michel Renard
Violin [1] â€“ Catherine Girard, Jean-Paul Burgos, MichÃ¨le SauvÃ©, Mihoko Kimura, Peter Van Boxelaere, Ruth Weber, Simon Heyerick
Violin [2] â€“ George Willms, Guya Martinini, Martha Moore (2), Myriam Gevers, Roberto Crisafulli, Sophie Demoures, ValÃ©rie Mascia
Violin, Concertmaster â€“ Hiro Kurosaki

Notes

Recording: IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris, 12-20 May 2000
Total Time: 178'10

Includes 80 page booklet with notes and sung text in English, German and French
Cover Illustration: Frederick Sandys (1829-1904) "Mary Magdalene" (c. 1859), Delaware Art Museum (AKG Paris)

Â© 2003 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
â„— 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Manufactured in the E.U.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0825646098385
Mastering SID Code: IFPI F016
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0528

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Theodora (3Ã—CD, Album)	Erato	0927 43181-2	Europe	2003

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credits

Alto Vocals [Choir] â€“ - Anne Lelong , - Armand GavrillidÃ¨s , - Dominique Favat , - Jean-Paul Bonnevalle , - Pierre Kuzor
Baritone Vocals [Messenger] â€“ - Laurent Slaars
Baritone Vocals [Valens] â€“ - Nathan Berg
Bass Vocals [Choir] â€“ - Christophe Olive , - David Le Monnier , - Fabrice Chomienne , - Frits Vanhulle , - Jean-FranÃ§ois Gay , - Laurent Collobert
Bassoon â€“ - Claude Wassmer , - Rhoda Patrick
Cello â€“ - Alix Verzier , - Damien Launay , - Emmanuel Balssa , - Paul Carlioz , - Ulrike Brutt
Cello [Continuo] â€“ - David Simpson (2)
Chorus Master â€“ - FranÃ§ois Bazola
Composed By â€“ - Handel *
Conductor â€“ - William Christie
Countertenor Vocals [Dydimus] â€“ - Daniel Taylor (3)
Design â€“ - Smith & Gilmour
Double Bass â€“ - Michael Greenberg
Double Bass [Continuo] â€“ - Jonathan Cable
Engineer [Sound, Editing] â€“ - Didier Jean
Ensemble â€“ - Les Arts Florissants
Executive-Producer â€“ - Arnaud Moral
Flute â€“ - Charles Zebley , - Serge SaÃ¯tta
Harpsichord [Continuo] â€“ - BÃ©atrice Martin (2)
Horn â€“ - Denis Maton
Libretto By â€“ - Thomas Morell
Liner Notes â€“ - Anthony Hicks (2)
Liner Notes [French Translation] â€“ - Dennis Collins (2) , - Virginie Bauzou
Liner Notes [German Program Translation] â€“ - Anne Steeb
Liner Notes [German Text and Program Translation] â€“ - Almut Lenz-Konrad
Liner Notes [German Translation] â€“ - Bernd MÃ¼ller (2)
Management [Project] â€“ - Lee Woollard
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Irene] â€“ - Juliette Galstain
Oboe â€“ - Geoffrey Burgess , - Machico Ueno *, - Michel Henry , - Pier Luigi Fabretti
Painting â€“ - Frederick Sandys
Percussion â€“ - Marie-Ange Petit
Repetiteur [Choir] â€“ - Anne-Catherine Vinay
Repetiteur [Language Coach] â€“ - Alan Woodhouse
Soprano Vocals [Choir] â€“ - Anne Mopin , - Anne Pichard , - Cassandra Harvey , - Isabelle Sauvageot , - Jeanette Wilson-Best , - Nicole Dubrovitch , - Roselyne Tessier-Lemoine , - Sheena Wolstencroft , - Sophie Decaudaveine
Soprano Vocals [Theodora] â€“ - Sophie Daneman
Tenor Vocals â€“ - Michael Loughlin-Smith
Tenor Vocals [Choir] â€“ - Bruno Renhold , - Jean-Yves Ravoux , - Maurizio Rossano , - Nicolas Maire
Tenor Vocals [Soloist] â€“ - Richard Croft
Theorbo [Continuo] â€“ - Elizabeth Kenny
Trumpet â€“ - JoÃ«l Lahens , - RenÃ© Maze
Typography [Typesetting] â€“ - Peter Vogelpoel
Viola â€“ - Anne Weber , - Galina Zinchenko , - Jean-Luc Thonnerieux , - Michel Renard
Violin [1] â€“ - Catherine Girard , - Jean-Paul Burgos , - MichÃ¨le SauvÃ© , - Mihoko Kimura , - Peter Van Boxelaere , - Ruth Weber , - Simon Heyerick
Violin [2] â€“ - George Willms , - Guya Martinini , - Martha Moore (2) , - Myriam Gevers , - Roberto Crisafulli , - Sophie Demoures , - ValÃ©rie Mascia
Violin, Concertmaster â€“ - Hiro Kurosaki