Arabella

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Written in 1927, Arabella is a portrait - partly romanticized, partly factual - of Habsburg Vienna in the 1860s. It is also a celebration of the profound importance of courage, and the ability to forgive in love. Our sympathies are not only drawn to Arabella, who waits for 'the right man' to come, but to her younger sister, who breaks with conventional morality in the cause of her love. This opera is a moving testament to Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who died before it was completed, and it remains one of the best-loved products of his twenty-five-year collaboration with Strauss.

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Brilliantly produced and superb value. * Sunday Times *
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought. * Daily Telegraph *
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series. * TLS *

Author Bio

Richard Georg Strauss (18641949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is best known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome.