Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Theodora: Overture
Theodora
6:28
2
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day (Valens)
Theodora
0:26
3
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Go My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens)
Theodora
1:54
4
Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down
Theodora
1:59
5
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens)
Theodora
0:51
6
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire (Valens)
Theodora
3:22
7
Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd The Doom
Theodora
1:53
8
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Most Cruel Edict (Didymus)
Theodora
0:30
9
Theodora: Act 1. Air: The Raptur'd Soul Defies The Sword (Didymus)
Theodora
8:04
10
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: I Know Thy Virtues (Septimius)
Theodora
0:38
11
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Descend, Kind Pity (Septimius)
Theodora
7:37
12
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Tho' Hard, My Friends, Yet Wholesome (Theodora)
Theodora
0:20
13
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World (Theodora)
Theodora
3:27
14
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: O Bright Example Of All Goodness (Irene)
Theodora
0:26
15
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene)
Theodora
5:41
16
Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father
Theodora
2:17
17
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene)
Theodora
0:43
18
Theodora: Act 1. Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene)
Theodora
5:45
19
Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above
Theodora
2:18
20
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Mistaken Wretches (Septimius)
Theodora
0:20
21
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius)
Theodora
2:58
22
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Deluded Mortal (Theodora, Septimius)
Theodora
1:00
23
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Angels, Ever Bright And Fair (Theodora)
Theodora
4:24
24
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, Happy Crew (Didymus, Irene)
Theodora
0:57
25
Theodora: Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n (Didymus)
Theodora
5:30
26
Theodora: Act 1. Recit: O Love: How Great Thy Pow'r (Irene)
Theodora
0:20
27
Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth
Theodora
3:31
Disc 2
1
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens)
Theodora
0:27
2
Theodora: Act 2. Chorus: Queen Of Summer
Theodora
0:52
3
Theodora: Act 2. Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens)
Theodora
2:13
4
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Return, Septimius (Valens)
Theodora
0:37
5
Theodora: Act 2. Chorus: Venus Laughing From The Skies
Theodora
1:19
6
Theodora: Act 2. Interlude
Theodora
0:40
7
Theodora: Act 2. Recit, O Thou Bright Sun (Theodora)
Theodora
0:27
8
Theodora: Act 2. Air, With Darkness (Theodora)
Theodora
3:43
9
Theodora: Act 2. Interlude
Theodora
1:07
10
Theodora: Act 2. Symphony Of Soft Musick
Theodora
1:10
11
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: But Why Art Thou Disquieted (Theodora)
Theodora
0:23
12
Theodora: Act 2. Air, Oh! That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora)
Theodora
4:08
13
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius)
Theodora
1:08
14
Theodora: Act 2. Air: Tho' The Honours (Septimius)
Theodora
3:46
15
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius)
Theodora
0:38
16
Theodora: Act 2. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus)
Theodora
6:58
17
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: The Clouds Begin (Irene)
Theodora
0:27
18
Theodora: Act 2. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene)
Theodora
3:53
19
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Or Lull'd With Grief (Didymus)
Theodora
0:39
20
Theodora: Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly (Didymus)
Theodora
2:38
21
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: O Save Me, Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus)
Theodora
1:12
22
Theodora: Act 2. Air: The Pilgrim's Home (Theodora)
Theodora
2:46
23
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Forbid It, Heav'n (Didymus, Theodora)
Theodora
2:01
24
Theodora: Act 2. Duet, To Thee, Thou Glorious Son (Theodora, Didymus)
Theodora
4:53
25
Theodora: Act 2. Recit: 'Tis Night (Irene)
Theodora
0:42
26
Theodora: Act 2. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth
Theodora
4:37
Disc 3
1
Theodora: Act 3. Air: Lord, To Thee (Irene)
Theodora
4:58
2
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: But See! (Irene, Theodora)
Theodora
0:30
3
Theodora: Act 3. Air: When Sunk In Anguish & Despair (Theodora)
Theodora
3:25
4
Theodora: Act 3. Chorus: Blest Be The Hand
Theodora
3:34
5
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger)
Theodora
0:27
6
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: Ah! Theodora (Irene, Theodora)
Theodora
0:35
7
Theodora: Act 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora)
Theodora
1:19
8
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: She's Gone (Irene)
Theodora
0:24
9
Theodora: Act 3. Air: New Scenes Of Joy (Irene)
Theodora
3:47
10
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: Is It A Christian Virtue (Valens, Didymus) / Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius)
Theodora
1:51
11
Theodora: Act 3. Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius)
Theodora
5:39
12
Theodora: Act 3. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r (Valens)
Theodora
1:08
13
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora)
Theodora
0:48
14
Theodora: Act 3. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends
Theodora
3:00
15
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
Theodora
0:32
16
Theodora: Act 3. Air: Ye Ministers Of Justice (Valens)
Theodora
1:16
17
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: And Must Such Beauty Suffer (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
Theodora
0:39
18
Theodora: Act 3. Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus) / Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus)
Theodora
5:49
19
Theodora: Act 3. Recit: E'er This, Their Doom Is Past (Irene)
Theodora
0:16
20
Theodora: Act 3. Chorus: O Love Divine
Theodora
2:25
In print
First pressed 1992 — 2 pressings.