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.
Christine Schäfer
as Theodora
Bejun Mehta
as Didimus
Joseph Kaiser
as Septimius
Johannes Martin Kränzle
as Valens
Bernarda Fink
as Irene
Ivor Bolton
as Conductor
