Theodora

E133721

oratorio

Theodora is an English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel that dramatizes the martyrdom of the Christian saint Theodora in Roman Antioch.

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Label	Occurrences
Theodora canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oratorio ⓘ
basedOn	legend of the Christian martyr Theodora ⓘ
catalogueNumber	HWV 68 ⓘ
composer	George Frideric Handel ⓘ
composerNationality	German-British ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Didymus ⓘ Irene ⓘ Septimius Severus ⓘ surface form: Septimius Theodora self-link ⓘ Valens ⓘ
firstPublisher	Walsh, London ⓘ surface form: Walsh (London)
form	sacred oratorio ⓘ
genre	oratorio ⓘ
hasPart	arias ⓘ choruses ⓘ instrumental sinfonias ⓘ recitatives ⓘ
historicalContext	Roman Empire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
librettist	Thomas Morell ⓘ
liturgicalUse	non-liturgical sacred concert work ⓘ
notableAria	“Angels, ever bright and fair” ⓘ
notableChorus	“He saw the lovely youth” ⓘ
orchestration	voices and orchestra ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
period	Baroque ⓘ
placeOfAction	Antioch ⓘ
premiereDate	1750-03-16 ⓘ
premierePlace	Covent Garden Theatre ⓘ surface form: Covent Garden Theatre, London
religiousContext	Christianity ⓘ
setting	Roman Antioch ⓘ
structure	three acts ⓘ
subject	martyrdom of Saint Theodora of Antioch ⓘ
timeOfComposition	1749–1750 ⓘ

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George Frideric Handel → notableWork → Theodora ⓘ

Theodora → featuresCharacter → Theodora self-link ⓘ