The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella
8.3
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet.
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Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Arabella
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Otto Schenk Director · Gary Halvorson Director Hugo von Hofmannsthal Writer
United States release November 22, 2025
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The Metropolitan Opera
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 22, 2025
Limited theatrical
United States · November 22, 2025
Limited theatrical
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