World premiere: Staatsoper, Dresden, 1933.

The romantic comedy Arabella was the final collaboration of Richard Strauss and his great librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. While certain elements of operatic farce are present, there is great elegance about the work, and its characters’ journeys are moving and affecting in their own way. The title character—honest, pure, well-meaning—is one of opera’s most appealing and believable characters.

Cast

Arabella - Rachel Willis-Sørensen

Zdenka - Louise Alder

Fiakermilli - Julie Roset

Adelaide - Karen Cargill

Matteo -  Pavol Breslik

Mandryka - Tomasz Konieczny

Waldner - Brindley Sherratt

Conductor

Nicholas Carter

Composer

Richard Strauss

Sung in German with English subtitles

ESTIMATED RUN TIME

4 HRS 10 MINS, WITH TWO INTERMISSIONS

Pre Theatre Express Menu

Choose Meal + Ticket when booking your seat to preorder your meal for before the showing. Your table will be booked for 1 hour before the showing start time.

Starters

Chicken liver parfait

with bacon jam, crispy apple, toasted focaccia

Asparagus, egg, watercress, Suffolk blue cheese salad (Vegetarian)

Mains

Suffolk chicken supreme

with asparagus, Suffolk bacon, potato terrine, wild mushroom, Maderia sauce

Baron Bigod (Vegetarian)

with asparagus, tomato + wild mushroom filo egg tart, buttered new jersey royals

Dessert

Affogato (Vegetarian)

+£25pp*

This is a sample menu, slight alternations may occur with changes of seasonal produce.

We require a preorder at least 3 days prior and confirmation at booking stage of any dietary requirements.

V – vegetarian

*Adds £25 to the price of a standard adult ticket.

Interval Charcuterie Box

Choose Interval Box + Ticket when booking your seat to preorder your Charcuterie box for the first interval.

+£15 per person*

Not suitable for vegetarians

*Adds £15 to the price of a standard adult ticket.