Richard Croft -Theodora - Arias

[gildwulf]

5:04-5:17 on one breath...unbelievable technique and such artistry. Love this tenor.

[johnnyrye]

Richard Croft = my favourite tenor since the mid-90s when I first saw this production. Gorgeous singing and powerful, moving acting are a rare, and much-needed combination in opera these days.

[vitellia]

MOVE OVER, JUAN DIEGO! We've had Richard Croft all along after all!

[Zerlina12]

9:23 uff! I will start to cry too

[chrismartinez90]

Richard Croft is my vocal coach and WOW, I absolutely had no idea who I was dealing with... I'm appalled.

[8497289]

appalled at him or that you didn't know who he was?

[chrismartinez90]

BOTH!

[JAYJAY1000000]

Peter Sellars staging, William Christies conducting, Richard Croft singing Handel; Simply Perfection.

[hyacynthus]

I am all in tears... What a voice... Thank you Richard. When you sing, the Earth stops.

[Zerlina12]

09:22 what a moment. I almost crying. Croft is almost crying.

[anselgoya]

impresionante propuesta.

[schubertrocks]

this production gives me goose bumps. i love it

[bigbono12]

A very destructive staging of this spiritual work about Christian marytrydom. Sellers makes a pagan mockery of the work. Theodora is not about political tyranny at all as Sellers portrays it here in this savage production. Glorious singing redeems the DVD however.

[burtsbees2]

this is a beautiful and highly spiritual production. i suggest you rewatch "as with rosy steps" and "angels, ever bright and fair" and allow yourself to be moved. theodora is a work of art that belongs to artists, not literalists.

[bigbono12]

Thank you for your comment. As I said the music is glorious in this production, it's the staging that I am commenting on. It is the STAGING that is an OBSCENE pagan mockery. If you think that this staging is spiritually appropriate for this work then we are miles apart in our thinking and there is no possibility for us to have any further dialogue on this matter. Best wishes.

[summerarietta]

This is spectacular--the voice--what an instrument.

[condorice]

This is one of the best productions and casts of any opera dvd.

[gabohuaroc]

I sing "From virtue", but in my score the middle part is shorter...

[Zerlina12]

richard croft has the most colorful tenor i ever heard. he is the best

[fumafumarse]

I absolutely agree with you! Richard Croft is AMAZING singer

[lmspr]

I am so glad you posted this. I love Richard Croft's agility and beauty of tone. I have this DVD. It's a most ridiculous production, but the singing is absolutely glorious, particularly from Croft, David Daniels and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. My favorite Handel DVD, no doubt.

[sdcheezhd]

63. Air

Septimius

From virtue springs each gen'rous deed

That claims our grateful pray'r.

Let justice for the hero plead,

And pity save the fair.

From virtue springs. . . da capo

[sdcheezhd]

21. Air

Septimius

Dread the fruits of Christian folly,

And this stubborn melancholy

Fond of life and liberty.

Chains and dungeons ye are wooing,

And the storm of death pursuing;

Rebels to the known decree.

Dread the fruits. . . da capo