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Richard Strauss: Arabella

Sara Jakubiak; Elena Tsallagova; Doris Soffel; Robert Watson; Russell Braun; Albert Pesendorfer; Or

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Format: BD

Cat No: NBD0182V

Release Date:  14 February 2025

Label:  Naxos - Dvd / Naxos DVD

Packaging Type:  DVD Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313577453

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Richard Strauss

Release Date:  14 February 2025

Label:  Naxos - Dvd / Naxos DVD

Packaging Type:  Blu-Ray Packaging

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  730099018265

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Richard Strauss

  • Description

    Richard Strauss's Arabella is a lyric comedy that portrays hardships and obsessions in a society whose late-bourgeois values are crumbling. An addiction to gambling has driven the family of cavalry officer Waldner into financial ruin, and their only hope for salvation lies in marrying off their daughter Arabella into a wealthy family. Strauss's orchestral opulence coupled with its period Viennese setting has seen Arabella perceived as a light-hearted comedy of errors, but Tobias Kratzer's multi-faceted production also explores the disunity between its characters, spotlighting tensions that connect 19th-century Vienna to the present day.

    Description

    Richard Strauss's Arabella is a lyric comedy that portrays hardships and obsessions in a society whose late-bourgeois values are crumbling. An addiction to gambling has driven the family of cavalry officer Waldner into financial ruin, and their only hope for salvation lies in marrying off their daughter Arabella into a wealthy family. Strauss's orchestral opulence coupled with its period Viennese setting has seen Arabella perceived as a light-hearted comedy of errors, but Tobias Kratzer's multi-faceted production also explores the disunity between its characters, spotlighting tensions that connect 19th-century Vienna to the present day.