Handel: Theodora (Glyndebourne)

Dawn Upshaw



  • 1Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
  • 2Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Recitative "Tis Dioclesian's natal day"
  • 3Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Air "Go, my faithful soldier, go"
  • 4Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Chorus "And draw a blessing down"
  • 5Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Recitative "Vouchsafe, dread Sir"
  • 6Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Air "Racks, gibbets, sword of fire"
  • 7Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Chorus "Forever thus stands fix'd"
  • 8Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Recitative "Most cruel edict"
  • 9Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Air "The raptur'd soul"
  • 10Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Recitative "I know thy virtues"
  • 11Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Air "Descend, kind pity"
  • 12Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Recitative "Tho' hard, my friends"
  • 13Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Air "Fond, Flatt'ring world, adieu"
  • 14Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Recitative "O bright example"
  • 15Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Air "Bane of virtue"
  • 16Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Chorus "Come, mighty Father"
  • 17Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 4: Recitative "Fly, fly, my brethren"
  • 18Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 4: Air "As with rosy steps the morn"
  • 19Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 4: Chorus "All pow'r in Heav'n"
  • 20Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Recitative "Mistaken wretches!"
  • 21Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Air "Dread the fruits of Christian folly"
  • 22Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Recitative "Deluded mortals"
  • 23Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Recitative "O worse than death indeed"
  • 24Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Air "Angels, ever bright and fair"
  • 25Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 6: Recitative "Unhappy, happy crew"
  • 26Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 6: Air "Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care"
  • 27Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 7: Recitative "O love, how great thy pow'r"
  • 28Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 7: Chorus "Go, generous pious youth"
  • 29Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Recitative "Ye men of Antioch"
  • 30Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Chorus "Queen of Summer"
  • 31Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Air "Wide spread his name"
  • 32Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Recitative "Return, Septimius"
  • 33Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Chorus "Venus laughing from the skies"
  • 34Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Symphony
  • 35Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Recitative "Oh thou bright Sun"
  • 36Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Air "With darkness deep"
  • 37Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Symphony
  • 38Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Recitative "But why art thou disquieted"
  • 39Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Air "Oh, that I on wings could rise"
  • 40Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Recitative "Long have I known"
  • 41Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Air "Tho' the honours that Flora"
  • 42Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Recitative "O, save her then"
  • 43Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Air "Deeds of kindness to display"
  • 44Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 4: Recitative "The clouds begin to veil"
  • 45Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 4: Air "Defend her Heav'n"
  • 46Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "Or lull'd with grief"
  • 47Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Air "Sweet rose and lily"
  • 48Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "O, save me, Heav'n"
  • 49Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Air "The pilgrim's home"
  • 50Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "Forbid it, Heav'n"
  • 51Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "Ah, what is liberty"
  • 52Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Duet "To thee, thou glorious son of worth"
  • 53Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 6: Recitative "Tis night"
  • 54Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 6: Chorus "He saw the lovely youth"
  • 55Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 1: Air "Lord, to thee each night and day"
  • 56Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Recitative "But see, the good, the virtuous"
  • 57Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Air "When sunk in anguish and despair"
  • 58Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Recitative "Blessed be the pow'r"
  • 59Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Chorus "Blessing, honour, adoration", "Blest be the hand"
  • 60Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Recitative "Undaunted in the court"
  • 61Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Recitative "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind"
  • 62Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Duet "Whither, Princess, do you fly"
  • 63Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Recitative "She's gone, disdaining liberty and life"
  • 64Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Air "New scenes of joy come crowding in"
  • 65Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 4: Recitative "Is it a Christian virtue then"
  • 66Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Recitative "Be that my doom"
  • 67Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "From virtue springs each gen'rous deed"
  • 68Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "Cease ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r"
  • 69Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Recitative "Tis kind, my friends"
  • 70Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "Lost in anguish"
  • 71Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Chorus "How strange their ends"
  • 72Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Recitative "On me your frowns"
  • 73Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "Ye ministers of justice"
  • 74Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 6: Recitative "And must such beauty suffer"
  • 75Theodora, HWV 68, Part III, Scene 6: Air and Duet "Streams of pleasure ever flowing", "Thither let our hearts aspire"
  • 76Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 7: Recitative "Ere this, their doom is past"
  • 77Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 7: Chorus "O, love divine"
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