Arabella

Synopsis

A “lyric comedy” is how Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal described their final collaboration, on which they worked between 1927 and 1929. Arabella revolves around the true love between two very different couples – the love that unites two people forever “in joy and sorrow, hurt and forgiveness”, as Arabella herself puts it at the end of the opera. With Renée Fleming in the title role and a supporting cast that includes Thomas Hampson, Gabriela Beňačková and the young tenor Daniel Behle – surely a star of the future – this production from the Salzburg Easter Festival was the first of the piece at the Festival since 1958. Under the Strauss specialist Christian Thielemann, it featured a Strauss ensemble that could hardly be bettered today. Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson are a “dream couple for Richard Strauss” (Salzburger Nachrichten).

Additional Info

• No: 717304
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
• Artists: Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Albert Dohmen, Gabriela Beňačková, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
• Production year: 2014-09
• Run time: 2:58:00
• Director: Staged by Florentine Klepper

Disc Infos

• Subtitles: G, E, F, Sp, Ch, Ko, Jp
• Booklet: G, E, F
• No. of Discs: 1
• Run time: 178 mins
• Disc Format: BD 50
• Picture: NTSC HD
• Audio: PCM Stereo, PCM 5.1
• Region Code: ABC (worldwide)
• Price Code: CME 25
• Item No.: 717304
• UPC No.: 814337011734
• Release Date: 2014-09

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