Oh! that I on wings could rise (Handel's Theodora) - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

"Oh, that I on wings could rise"

from Handel's oratorio
Theodora (HWV 68)

First performance was March 16, 1750
Covent Garden Theatre

Libretto by Thomas Morell (1703-84)

Theodora:

"Oh, that I on wings could rise,
Swiftly sailing through the skies,
As skims the silver dove!
That I might rest,
For ever blest,
With harmony and love."

Oh, that I on wings. . . da capo


Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
(1954--2006)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (Conductor)


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[miginaustria]

Stunning in every sense... thank you.

[jdstivers]

@miginaustria Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's singing is stunning indeed. Her untimely death was our loss.

[jdstivers]

Thanks! I enjoy making them.

[pow309]

Thanks for this memento of a much-missed artist. And thanks for the videos you have been recently posting. Real treats for both eye and ear!