The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella

Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet.

Director: Otto Schenk, Gary Halvorson

Cast: Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tomasz Konieczny, Louise Alder, Pavol Breslik, Karen Cargill, Brindley Sherratt, Julie Roset, Eve Gigliotti

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.