Organization

Conductor

Constantin Trinks

Stage director

Gudrun Glette

Singer

Soprano

Marita Kvarving Sølberg

Arabella

Denise Beck

Zdenka

Bass

Kurt Rydl

Count Waldner

Baritone

Yngve Søberg

Mandryka

Godseier

Rolf Conrad

welcome

Spoken

Trond Bjerkholt

Hotel porter

Den Norske Opera & Ballet

German

Highlights from Richard Strauss' Arabella - and Viennese waltzes by Johann and Eduard Strauss

Oslo

Norway

Den Norske Opera

Public

English

Norwegian

Approved

Arabella is a beautiful opera - a romantic comedy, which shimmers with youthful vitality and curious infatuation. It was the last major collaboration between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who at the beginning of the 20th century created immortal works together.  

The opera was composed in 1932, but the plot is set in Vienna in 1869, at the time when the Viennese waltz established itself in the important music city. Here the brothers Eduard and Johan Strauss continued the work of their father, Johan Strauss, and wrote a number of popular waltzes, polkas and marches. In this concert you will hear both their brilliant dance music and excerpts from Arabella - which takes place in the Viennese ballrooms.   
Brilliant soloists

In the role of Arabella, we hear Marita Sølberg. Her father, Count Waldner is sung by Kurt Rydl, Denise Beck is Arabella's sister Zdenka and Yngve Søberg is Mandryka - one of Arabella's suitors. The musical direction of the concert is by the German conductor Constantin Trinks.   
In search of identity - and love

Arabella dreams of the great love, but her parents expect her to marry for money. The aristocratic family is soon bankrupt. When the great love is revealed, identity entanglements lead to the whole thing being put at stake.

Highlights from Richard Strauss' Arabella - and Viennese waltzes by Johann and Eduard Strauss by Strauss, From (2022/2022), Directed by Gudrun Glette,, Conductor Constantin Trinks, Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway

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Cast

Program, About & Synopsis

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Performance Dates & Venues

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