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Theodora; HVW 68

Ouverture

Trio

Courante

Part 1

Scene 1

Recitative: Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens)

Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens)

Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (Heathens)

Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens)

Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens)

Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (Heathens)

Scene 2

Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus)

Air: The Rapture'd Soul Defies The Sword (Septimius)

Recitative: I Know The Virtues (Septimius)

Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius)

Scene 3

Recitative: Tho' Hard My Friends (Theodora)

Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora)

Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene)

Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene)

Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (Christians)

Scene 4

Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene)

Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene)

Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (Christians)

Scene 5

Recitativo: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius)

Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius)

Recitative: Deluded Moral! (Theodora, Spetimius)

Acompagnato: O Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora)

Air; Angles, Ever Brith And Fair (Theodora)

Scene 6

Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene)

Air: King Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus)

Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene)

Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth

Part 2

Scene 1

Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens)

Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (Heathens)

Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens)

Recitative: Return, Septimius (Valens)

Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (Heathens)

Scene 2

Symphony

Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora)

Air: With Darkness Deep As My Woe (Theodora)

Symphony

Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? (Theodora)

Air: Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora)

Scene 3

Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius)

Air: Tho' The Honours That Flora And Venus Receive (Septimius)

Recitative: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius)

Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus)

Scene 4

Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere (Irene)

Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene)

Recitative: Or Lulled With Grief (Didymus)

Air: Sweet Rose And Lily, Flow'ry Form (Didymus)

Recitative: O Save Me Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus)

Air: The Pilgrim's Home, The Sick Man's Health (Theodora)

Acompagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus)

Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I (Didymus, Theodora)

Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus)

Scene 6

Recitative: 'Tis Night, But Night's Sweet Blessing (Irene)

Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (Christians)

Part 3

Scene 1

Air: Lord, To Thee, Each Night And Day (Irene)

Scene 2

Recitative: But See The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora)

Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora)

Chorus: Blest Be The Hand (Christians)

Scene 3

Recitiative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene)

Accompangato: O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind (Theodora)

Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora)

Recitative: She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty And Life (Irene)

Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene)

Scene 4

Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue, Then (Valens, Didymus)

Scene 5

Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius

Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) - Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius)

Air: Cease, Ye Slaves Your Friends (Septimius)

Recitative: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora)

Chorus: How Strange Their Ends (Heathens)

Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)

Scene 6

Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer! (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)

Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus), Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus)

Scene 7

Recitative: Ere This Their Doom Is Past (Irene)

Chorus: O Love Divine, Thou Source Of Fame (Irene, Christians)

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