Someday she’ll come along, the girl I love
In Richard Strauss’s Arabella, the heroine is consumed with finding the right man—der Richtige—but who is the right Arabella?
54 pieces since 2006 — in 8 roles, at 6 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Arabella — stats above show all coverage for Kiri Te Kanawa.
View allIn Richard Strauss’s Arabella, the heroine is consumed with finding the right man—der Richtige—but who is the right Arabella?
Today’s Trove Thursday was originally scheduled for February 27, which would have been Mirella Freni’s 85th birthday, but instead we remember today the beloved soprano who passed away this past weekend in Puccini.
Arabella with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting a prime-time 1980s Munich cast.
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