Arabella
Richard Strauss (Composer), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Librettist), Otto Schenk (Stage director), Stephen Pickover (Stage director), Brian Large (Television director), Louisa Briccetti (Television producer), Jane Shaulis (Performer), Helga Dernesch (Performer), Marie McLaughlin (Performer), David Kuebler (Performer), Kiri Te Kanawa (Performer), Charles Workman (Performer), Donald McIntyre (Performer), Charles Anthony (Performer), Wolfgang Brendel (Performer), Roger Crouthamel (Performer), Kim Josephson (Performer), Julien Robbins (Performer), Natalie Dessay (Performer), Barry Brandes (Performer), David Asch (Performer), Christian Thielemann (Conductor), Günther Schneider-Siemssen (Set designer), Milena Canonero (Costume designer), Gil Wechsler (Lighting designer), Jean-Claude Poyet (Writer of supplementary textual content), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Presenter), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra (Performer), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus (Performer), Deutsche Grammophon (Firm) (Publisher)
In the 1860's, Count Waldner is a luckless gambler in Vienna. When his debts overwhelm him, he moves his family into an elegant hotel and attempts to maintain an image of wealth. The countess is hoping her daughter Arabella will find a wealthy husband, while Zdenka, the younger daughter, is forced to pass off as a man
DVD Video, German, 2001
Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg, 2001