Arabella – Metropolitan Opera

Arabella, honest, pure and well-meaning, is one of opera’s most appealing and believable characters in Richard Strauss’s romantic comedy.

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.

Arabella is sung in German with English subtitles.

A screening of the broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Season in New York.

Duration: 4 hours 10 minutes, including 2 intervals.