Handel - Theodora 'When sunk in anguish'. Upshaw

Act 3 scene 2 of Handel's oratorio Theodora HWV 68.
But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus! - Irene and Theodora recitative
When sunk in anguish and despair - Theodora aria.
Blest be the hand, and blest the pow'r - chorus of Christians @ 6.25
Irene - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Theodora - Dawn Upshaw
Didymus - David Daniels, countertenor
Valens - Frode Olsen
Septimus - Richard Croft.
Messenger - Michael Hart-Davis
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie.
Peter Sellars' Glyndebourne production of 1996.
ch 13 Act 3 sc 2. 11,03 mpeg

[@achantus1]

Theodora includes some of Handel's most hartfelt music. It was he's own favorite.

[@marleenschyvens3637]

Fully agree! I was shocked right away! And than, this gun! Unbelievable.

[@OscarGraumusico]

MARAVILLOSO

[@wesleyan97]

Peter Sellars needs to be smacked for this production. Great singing though.