Lisette Oropesa - Handel: Theodora (3CD) (CD) (US Import)

Georg Friedrich Händel, Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev — Theodora
Format: CD • Label: Erato (5054197177910) • Released: 2022 • Pressing: Worldwide • Genre: Baroque, Oratorio

Tracklist:
1-1. Overture
1-2. Trio
1-3. Courante
1-4. Recitative: 'Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens)
1-5. Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens)
1-6. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (The Heathens)
1-7. Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir (Didymus, Valens)
1-8. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens)
1-9. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (The Heathens)
1-10. Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus)
1-11. Air: The Raptured Soul (Didymus)
1-12. Recitative: I Know Thy Virtues (Septimius)
1-13. Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius)
1-14. Recitative: Tho' Hard, My Friends (Theodora)
1-15. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora)
1-16. Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene)
1-17. Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene)
1-18. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (The Christians)
1-19. Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene)
1-20. Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene)
1-21. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (The Christians)
1-22. Recitative: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius)
1-23. Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius)
1-24. Recitative: Deluded Mortal! (Theodora, Septimius)
1-25. Accompagnato: Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora)
1-26. Air: Angels, Ever Bright And Fair (Theodora)
1-27. Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene)
1-28. Air: Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus)
1-29. Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene)
1-30. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth (The Christians)
2-1. Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens)
2-2. Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (The Heathens)
2-3. Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens)
2-4. Recitative: Return, Septimius, To The Stubborn Maid (Valens)
2-5. Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (The Heathens)
2-6. Symphony
2-7. Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora)
2-8. Air: With Darkness Deep, As Is My Woe (Theodora)
2-9. Symphony
2-10. Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul! (Theodora)
2-11. Air: Oh That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora)
2-12. Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius)
2-13. Air: Tho' The Honours (Septimius)
2-14. Recitative: Oh, Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius)
2-15. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus)
2-16. Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil (Irene)
2-17. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n! (Irene)
2-18. Recitative: Or Lull'd With Grief (Didymus)
2-19. Air: Sweet Rose And Lily (Didymus)
2-20. Recitative: Oh, Save Me, Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus)
2-21. Air: Recitative: The Pilgrim's Home (Theodora)
2-22. Accomagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus)
2-23. Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I To Take (Didymus, Theodora)
2-24. Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus)
2-25. Recitative: 'Tis Night (Irene)
2-26. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (The Christians)
3-1. Air: Lord, To Thee Each Night And Day (Irene)
3-2. Recitative: But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora)
3-3. Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora)
3-4. Theodora And Chorus: Blest Be The Hand, And Blest The Pow'r (Theodora, The Christians)
3-5. Recitative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene)
3-6. Air: O My Irene (Theodora)
3-7. Recitative: Stay Me Not, Dear Friend (Theodora)
3-8. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora)
3-9. Recitative: She's Gone (Irene)
3-10. Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene)
3-11. Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue (Valens, Didymus)
3-12. Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius)
3-13. Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius)
3-14. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r (Valens)
3-15. Recitative: Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora)
3-16. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious (The Heathens)
3-17. Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
3-18. Air: Ye Ministers Of Justice (Valens)
3-19. Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer! (Didymus, Theodora, Septimus)
3-20. Air And Duet: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus, Theodora)
3-21. Recitative: Ere This, Their Doom Is Past (Irene)
3-22. Chorus: O Love Divine (The Christians)

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