Director Peter Sellers

Conductor William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment

Cast Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt, David Daniels, Richard Croft, Frode Olsen. The Glyndebourne Chorus.

Peter Sellers takes Handel’s tale of self sacrificial love between a Christian virgin and a Roman bodyguard in 4th century Antioch and by resetting it in modern day America transforms it into a timeless parable of spiritual resistance to tyranny and persecution.

Running time 207 minutes

Subtitles Deutsch, Français, English.

Format NTSC, regions 2,3,4,5,6