[Met Performance] CID:168140



Arabella
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, March 2, 1955


In English



Arabella (5)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Arabella
Eleanor Steber

Mandryka
George London

Zdenka
Hilde G?den

Matteo
Brian Sullivan

Adelaide
Martha Lipton

Count Waldner
Ralph Herbert

Fortuneteller
Thelma Votipka

Count Elemer
Gabor Carelli

Count Dominik
Clifford Harvuot

Count Lamoral
Lawrence Davidson

Fiakermilli
Roberta Peters

Welko
Benjamin Wilkes

Djura
Matthew Farruggio

Jankel
Paul Marko

Waiter
Rudolf Mayreder


Conductor
Rudolf Kempe







Review 1:

Review of Robert Sabin in Musical America

Strauss's lovely "Arabella" (which I consider one of his masterpieces and a work of enduring beauty in every respect) had its fourth performance of the season before an audience that was happily enthusiastic. The cast was the same as that at the premiere, with the exception of Martha Lipton, who again took the role of Adelaide, which was sung by Blanche Thebom at the first performance. Miss Lipton did not make a caricature of the worried and maternal, yet still flirtatious, Countess. Her singing had many admirable touches of color and emotional nuance. Eleanor Steber in the title r?le and George London as Mandryka were again superb; and they made the most of the piercing beauty and tenderness of the great love duets in Acts II and III. Hilde Gueden was as beguiling as ever, as Zdenka, and Roberta Peters had improved the vocal quality of her performance as Fiakermilli. Ralph Herbert, Brian Sullivan, Gabor Carelli, Clifford Harvuot, Lawrence Davidson and the others were also in top form. Rudolf Kempe made every measure eloquent; his conducting was a model of plasticity, emotional warmth, and architectural comprehension.



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