2018-19 SEASON

Arabella

Music by Richard Strauss

Give and love until the day we die.

Arabella is expected to marry for money to save her aristocratic parents from ruin, but she yearns for a soulmate. When she finally meets him, a case of mistaken identity leads to a mix-up that could ruin everything. Set amid the society parlors and costume balls of Vienna's golden age, Strauss' romantic comedy of errors is a touching fairy tale about youth, identity and love.

Production New to San Francisco Opera

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Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Sung in German with English supertitles

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Running Time

Approximately 3 hours 15 minutes including two intermissions

Open Curtain Intermission

Wednesday, October 24

Who Should See It

Fans of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night, Downton Abbey, Così fan tutte, Shakespeare in Love and La Traviata.

Found in series

Full Series: A, D*, G, J, M
Half Series: C, F*, H, L, O
Out of Town Series: OT4, OT5
*Best Value Series

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Tuesday	10/16/18	7:30PM	Buy Tickets
Friday	10/19/18	7:30PM	Buy Tickets
Wednesday	10/24/18	7:30PM *	Buy Tickets
Sunday	10/28/18	2:00PM *	Buy Tickets
Saturday	11/03/18	7:30PM *	Buy Tickets

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* OperaVision, HD video projection screens featured in the Balcony level for this performance, is made possible by the Koret/Taube Media Suite.

THE BUZZ

“There’s such realism, clarity and compassion (to say nothing of beauty) in how the creators show Arabella’s maturation happening before your very eyes and ears; and vanishingly rare in opera is the formation of real, adult love."
–The New York Times

Ellie Dehn "boasted a wondrous combination of vulnerability and urgency.”
–San Francisco Chronicle

“The baritone Brian Mulligan has a voice that is rich, secure and really, really big.”
–The New York Times

Synopsis

In spite of family meddling, a young Viennese woman finds true love with a mature count.

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Cast and Creative

CAST

Arabella	Ellie Dehn
Zdenka	Heidi Stober
Matteo	Daniel Johansson ^*
Mandryka	Brian Mulligan
The Fiakermilli	Hye Jung Lee
A Fortune-Teller	Jill Grove
Adelaide	Michaela Martens
Count Waldner	Richard Paul Fink
Count Elemer	Scott Quinn
Count Lamoral	Christian Pursell

PERFORMANCES

October 16, 19, 24, 28; November 3, 2018

CREATIVE

Conductor	Marc Albrecht ^*
Director	Tim Albery ^*
Production Designer	Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer	David Finn
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

* San Francisco Opera debut

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

Previous performances of Arabella can be found in our Archive.

MADE POSSIBLE BY

Arabella is made possible, in part, by: Bertie Bialek Elliott; Bernard and Barbro Osher; and Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem, through the Emerging Stars Fund.

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Photo (top): Santa Fe Opera production of Arabella/Ken Howard.