Antioch on the Orontes River, founded in late 4th century BC, became an important city in the East of the Roman Empire; it is now in Turkey. It became known as the ‘Cradle of Christianity’, being the first place where the term ‘Christian’ was used.
It is the appropriate setting for Handel’s Theodora, to be staged from the end of this month by Pinchgut Opera.
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