Theodora | Classical review

Sage, GatesheadMany of Handel's oratorios had a ground-breaking impact. The 1750 premiere of Theodora suffered a genuinely seismic interruption when a series of earth tremors in London sent the cognoscenti scurrying for cover, leaving the composer with a notorious flop on his hands. Despite that, Handel reserved a special place in his heart for the work, and maintained that one of its numbers, He Saw the Lovely Youth, was superior to the Hallelujah Chorus. He may have been alone in that assessm...

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