Arabella

The story

At first glance, Hofmannsthal's libretto ARABELLA is a comedy of mistaken identity which, had it been composed by Rossini, could have been a snappy buffo opera. But the music of Richard Strauss, who pulls out all the stops of his orchestral art, from the late romantic intoxication to the most modern discord, creates a subtle, colorful panorama of a society in transition, whose late-bourgeois values ​​are crumbling. One's own identity and interpersonal relationships have to be tested from scratch. Central is – even more than the title character, who oscillates between romance and rebellion – Arabella's younger sister Zdenka, who, disguised as a man by her parents for lack of money for girls' clothes befitting their status, has to struggle all the more desperately with her/his role as an outsider.

Cast & crew

Sara JakubiakArabella

Elena Tsallagova

Elena TsallagovaZdenka

Albert Pesendorfer

Albert PesendorferGraf Waldner

Doris Soffel Adelaide

Russell Braun

Russell BraunMandryka

Robert Watson

Robert WatsonMatteo

Thomas Blondelle

Thomas BlondelleGraf Elemer

Kyle Miller

Kyle MillerGraf Dominik

Tyler Zimmerman

Tyler ZimmermanGraf Lamoral

Donald Runnicles

Donald RunniclesConductor