Film

Arabella

Deutsche Oper Berlin

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2h 39m

2023

“Deutsche Oper Berlin”

Synopsis

At first glance, Hofmannsthal's libretto ARABELLA is a comedy of mistaken identity which, had it been composed by Rossini, could have been a snappy buffo opera. But the music of Richard Strauss, who pulls out all the stops of his orchestral art, from the late romantic intoxication to the most modern discord, creates a subtle, colorful panorama of a society in transition, whose late-bourgeois values are crumbling. One's own identity and interpersonal relationships have to be tested from scratch. Central is – even more than the title character, who oscillates between romance and rebellion – Arabella's younger sister Zdenka, who, disguised as a man by her parents for lack of money for girls' clothes befitting their status, has to struggle all the more desperately with her/his role as an outsider.

Director

Tobias Kratzer

Music

Cast & Crew

Sara Jakubiak

as Arabella

Elena Tsallagova

as Zdenka

Albert Pesendorfer

as Graf Waldner

Doris Soffel

as Adelaide

Russell Braun

as Mandryka

Robert Watson

as Matteo

Thomas Blondelle

as Graf Elemer

Kyle Miller

as Graf Dominik

Tyler Zimmerman

as Graf Lamoral

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