The Peter Sellars production of Handel's "Theodora", recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival in May 1996. Dawn Upshaw stars as Theodora, with David Daniels as Didymus, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as Irene, Richard Croft as Septimius, and Frode Olsen as Valens. William Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Dawn Upshaw
Theodora
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John Adams: El Niño
David Daniels
Didymus
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Rinaldo - Bayerische Staatsoper
The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare
Peter Sellars
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King Lear
Happy New Year
Georg Friedrich Händel
Simon Flind
Thomas Morell
Frode Olsen
Valens
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Eugene Onegin
Wozzeck
William Christie
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The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Hippolyte and Aricie
John Kelleher
Richard Croft
Septimius
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Philip Glass: Satyagraha
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James Wills
George Tsypin
Peter Sellars Director · Thomas Morell Writer Georg Friedrich Händel Composer
United States release May 29, 1996 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Glyndebourne Festival Opera, NVC Arts
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Warner Classics
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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NVC Arts
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 29, 1996
Theatrical
Japan
January 19, 1997
United Kingdom
June 15, 1996
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