Saturday, November 22, 2025
Composer: Ricard Strauss
Conductor: Nicholas Carter
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.
English StreamText captioning is available here. A transcript of the transmission will also be available to view after the live performance.
Production a gift of Mrs. Michael Falk.
Sung in German.
4hrs 10mins with two intermissions.
The MetLive in HD at The Moviehouse is made possible in part by the generous support of Thomas C. Ragan.
The Moviehouse programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.