Name: Arabella
Start: 2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Anett Fritsch

Zdenka

Baritone

Josef Wagner

Mandryka

Tenor

Pavol Breslik

Matteo

Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk

The Fiakermilli

Mezzo-soprano

Judith Schmid

Adelaide

Nathan Haller

Count Elemer

Bass

Brent Michael Smith

Count Lamoral

Yannick Debus

Count Dominik

Michael Hauenstein

Count Waldner

Spoken

Nick Lulgjuraj

Jankel

Mentor Bajrami

Djura

Alejandro Del Angel

Hotel porter

Boguslaw Bidzinski

Welko

Irène Friedli

A fortune-teller

Stage director

Robert Carsen

Conductor

Markus Poschner

Lighting designer

Set designer

Gideon Davey

Choreographer

Philippe Giraudeau

Dramaturge

Ian Burton

Kathrin Brunner

Chorus master

Ernst Raffelsberger

Jacquelyn Wagner

Arabella

Nikola Hillebrand

Thomas Paul

Stephanie Houtzeel

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller

Opernhaus Zürich

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Chor der Oper Zürich

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Philharmonia Zürich

Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

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Zurich

Switzerland

Opernhaus

Arabella Strauss,R

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Arabella
With Anja Harteros in the title role, the “Arabellissima” of our day is on stage in this revival. The soprano has been inspiring for years with her stage presence and vocal self-evidentness - she is completely at home with Richard Strauss. Arabella, the darling of Viennese society, dodges numerous admirers. She is waiting for the “right one” to lead her into a better life and finds him in the Croatian landowner Mandryka. But soon she has to realize that he too has his dark sides ...
The fact that Strauss' “Lyric Comedy” could slip into “tragedy” at any time, as the composer once remarked, is latently perceptible in this opera. In this late work, Strauss found a new level of sophistication in the treatment of speech, tonal sophistication and expressive power. The operetta-like tone struck by the waltz is strangely broken. This ambivalence fits in with the history of the reception of this work, which, premiered in Dresden in 1933, was instrumentalized by the Nazis for propaganda purposes. Director Robert Carsen does not ignore these socio-political circumstances and relocates the plot to the heyday of the Third Reich.

In addition to Anja Harteros, there is an exquisite Strauss ensemble: The German soprano Anett Fritsch introduces herself as Zdenka in Zurich, while the tenor Pavol Breslik, who is loyal to the opera house, embodies Matteo. As at the premiere, the Austrian Josef Wagner can be seen in the challenging role of Mandryka. The highly demanding score is in the competent hands of Markus Poschner.

Arabella, Liebling der Wiener Gesellschaft, lässt zahlreiche Verehrer abblitzen. Sie wartet auf den «Richtigen», der sie in ein besseres Leben führen soll, und findet ihn im kroatischen Grossgrundbesitzer Mandryka. Doch schon bald muss sie erkennen, dass auch er seine dunklen Seiten hat...
Dass Strauss’ «Lyrische Komödie» jederzeit in eine «Tragödie» abrutschen könnte, wie der Komponist einmal bemerkte, ist in dieser Oper latent spürbar. Strauss findet in diesem Spätwerk zu einer neuen Differenziertheit der Sprachbehandlung, zu klanglicher Raffinesse und expressiver Kraft. Der operettenhafte Ton, der durch Walzerklänge angeschlagen wird, ist merkwürdig gebrochen. Diese Ambivalenz passt zur Rezeptionsgeschichte dieses Werks, das, 1933 in Dresden uraufgeführt, von den Nazis zu Propagandazwecken instrumentalisiert wurde. Regisseur Robert Carsen blendet diese gesellschaftspolitischen Umstände nicht aus und verlegt die Handlung in die Hochphase des Dritten Reichs.

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller debütiert in dieser Wiederaufnahme als Arabella. Daneben agiert ein exquisites Strauss-Ensemble: Als Zdenka stellt sich die deutsche Sopranistin Anett Fritsch in Zürich vor, der dem Opernhaus treu verbundene Tenor Pavol Breslik verkörpert Matteo. Wie bereits an der Premiere ist der Österreicher Josef Wagner in der herausfordernden Rolle des Mandryka zu erleben. Die hochanspruchsvolle Partitur liegt in den kompetenten Händen von Markus Poschner.

Deutsch

Arabella by Strauss, Fri 20 May 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Robert Carsen,, Conductor Markus Poschner, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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