Arabella

Synopsis

2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949). Arabella (premiered 1933, Dresden) was the last of the half dozen Strauss works to feature a libretto by the great Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal. This production, from the most recent Salzburg Easter Festival is, after Capriccio, the second of three Richard Strauss operas C Major is releasing in honor of the composers birth, life and work. The star-laden cast includes soprano Renèe Fleming, baritone Thomas Hampson, Albert Dohmen (Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, MET) and Gabriela Beaková (Wiener Staatsoper, Covent Garden). With Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden, the music of Richard Strauss is in the best of hands. (ORF) Thielemann gets the best out of the cast...especially Renée Fleming with her luxurious soprano FAZ

Main Cast

Renée Fleming

Arabella

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Thomas Hampson

Mandryka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Gabriela Beňačková

Adelaide

Age : 78 | Popularity : 4%

Albert Dohmen

Graf Waldner

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Hanna Elizabeth Müller

Zdenka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Daniel Behle

Zdenka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Christian Thielemann

Conductor

Age : 66 | Popularity : 13%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Compositor	Richard Strauss
Writing	Writer	Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Directing	Director	Brian Large
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