Arabella
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy, or opera, in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.
This article is about the opera by Richard Strauss. For the given name, see Arabella (given name). For other uses, see Arabella (disambiguation).Arabella
Performance history[edit]
It was first performed on 1 July 1933 at the Dresden Sächsisches Staatstheater. The opera received its premiere in the UK on 17 May 1934 at London's Royal Opera House.[1] Two decades later, on 10 February 1955, it was performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with Eleanor Steber in the title role. The Met has given numerous performances of the work since that date.[2] At the 2008 Helpmann Awards, the production by Opera Australia won the Award for Best Opera.[3]
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