Theodora, HWV 68

Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Grave – Allegro

Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Trio

Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Courante

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day” (Valens)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier” (Valens)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (Chorus of Heathens)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire” (Valens)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (Chorus of Heathens)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict!” (Didymus)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “The Raptur’d Soul Defies the Sword” (Didymus)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Tho’ Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!” (Theodora)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness!” (Irene)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Bane of Virtue, Nurse of Passions” (Irene)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord” (Chorus of Christians)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “As With Rosy Steps the Morn Advancing” (Irene)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (Chorus of Christians)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)

Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative, Accompany’d “O Worse Than Death Indeed!” (Theodora)