Haendel: Theodora

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.

• Christoph LoyDirector
• Thomas MorellWriter

• Christine SchäferTheodora
• Bejun MehtaDidimus
• Joseph KaiserSeptimius
• Johannes Martin KränzleValens
• Bernarda FinkIrene
• Ivor BoltonConductor