James M. Keller On Saturday night, Santa Fe Opera unveiled the last of the five new productions that make up its 56th season: Richard Strauss’ Arabella, in which an unlikely operetta plot sits ...

A romantic comedy of errors about a young woman who wishes to marry for love rather than money, Arabella is set among the society parlors and costume balls of Vienna's golden age. Strauss created one ...

Richard Strauss may have been the most significant composer of the 20th century’s first half, but his music often sounds as if he were looking backward and forward at the same time. He was part ...

Peter Mussbach makes his directorial debut at the Royal Opera House with a spanking new production of Richard Strauss’ Arabella. Booing on the opening night led at least one critic to suggest that the ...

In this week’s OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly discuss Arabella, the last of Strauss’ six collaborations with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Listen to the Met Opera ...

3 Joan Baez To Join SWEET RELIEF Benefit Concert Honoring Taj Mahal In San Francisco A romantic comedy of errors about a young woman who wishes to marry for love rather than money, Arabella is set ...

It’s the story of a once-prosperous family on the edge of ruin and a rich bumpkin from the sticks. What brings them together is the somewhat improbable love between the bumptious Mandryka and Arabella ...

Opening Saturday: In 1860s Vienna, Arabella Waldner's wildly dysfunctional family teeters on the brink of ruin. Dad's a compulsive gambler, Mom's pawned everything to pay fortunetellers, Sis is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel trends and wellness and family travel. Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen will star in the title role of Arabella, a ...