Arabella

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Arabella
Composer
Richard Strauss
Librettist
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2018-2019
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Marc Albrecht
Director
Tim Albery
Production Designer
Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer
David Finn
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Assistant Conductor
William Long
Musical Preparation
Lydia Brown
Laura Poe
Ronny Michael Greenberg
Fabrizio Corona
Prompter
Robert Mollicone
Diction
Anja Burmeister
Supertitles
Christopher Bergen
Assistant Director(s)
Roy Rallo
Stage Manager(s)
Jennifer Harber
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Jessica Barker
Thea Railey
E. Reed Fisher
Costume Supervisor
Galen Till
Head of Wig and Makeup
Jeanna Parham

Cast

Fortune Teller
Jill Grove
Countess Adelaide Waldner
Michaela Martens
Zdenka, Arabella's sister
Heidi Stober
Matteo, a young officer
Daniel Johansson
Arabella, elder daughter of the Waldners
Ellie Dehn
Count Elemer, one of Arabella's suitors
Scott Quinn
Count Theodor Waldner, a retired cavalry officer
Richard Paul Fink
Waiter
Chester Pidduck
Mandryka, A Croatian landowner
Brian Mulligan
Welko, Mandryka's servant
Anders Fröhlich
Djura, Mandryda's servant
Jere Torkelsen
Count Dominik, one of Arabella's suitors
Andrew Manea
Count Lamoral, one of Arabella's suitors
Christian Pursell
Fiakermilli, a Cabaret Singer
Hye Jung Lee
Jankel, a waiter
Alan Cochran
Card Player
Bojan Knežević
William O'Neill
Valery Portnov

Show Dates

Broadcast

The opera was broadcast locally over KDFC on November 2, 2018; also nationally on the WFMT syndicated opera series.

Time and Place

PLACE AND TIME: Vienna; Shrove Tuesday, 1910

Scenes

Act I: The Waldners' hotel suite, morning
Intermission
Act II: The Coachman's Ball, evening
Intermission
Act III: The hotel lobby, night

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by Bertie Bialek Elliott.

This production is made possible, in part, by Bernard and Barbro Osher.

Mr. Johansson's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Fund.

Additional funding is provided by: Anne and Timothy Kahn.

Additional funding is provided by: Anne and Jeff Katz.

Additional funding is provided by: Gladyne Kenderdine Mitchell.

Additional funding is provided by: Neil and Elsa Pering.

Legacy Commission

Sung in German with English supertitles

Notes

The opera was broadcast locally over KDFC on November 2, 2018; also nationally on the WFMT syndicated opera series.

A co-production of the Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Canadian Opera Company.

Supernumeraries: Guest and staff at the ball and hotel.

Supernumeraries