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G.F. Handel’s “Theodora”Alexander Weimann

music director & harpsichord

Nathalie Paulin soprano

Krisztina Szabó mezzo-soprano

Lawrence Zazzo countertenor

Zachary Wilder tenor

Matthew Brook bass-baritone

with Pacific Baroque Orchestra and Vancouver Cantata Singers

George Frideric Handel(1685-1759)

Theodora(1750)

– AN ORATORIO –

Words by Thomas Morell

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Theodora Nathalie Paulin a Christian of noble birth (soprano)

Didymus Lawrence Zazzo a Roman Officer, converted and in love with Theodora (alto)

Septimius Zachary Wilder his friend (tenor)

Valens Matthew Brook President of Antioch (bass-baritone)

Irene Krisztina Szabó a Christian (mezzo-soprano)

Chorus of ChristiansChorus of Heathens

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