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Strauss' Arabella: a psychological contemplation of love and life

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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 23 November 2014
Strauss R., Arabella
Antoni Ros Marbà, Conductor
Christof Loy, Director
Herbert Murauer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Anne Schwanewilms, Arabella
Ofèlia Sala, Zdenka
James Rutherford, Mandryka
Susanne Elmark, The Fiakermilli
Doris Soffel, Adelaide
Thomas Piffka, Count Elemer
Will Hartmann, Matteo
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
The starry trio of Davidsen-Hilley-Mälkki saves Tristan und Isolde
****1
Àlex Ollé's La bohème gets an unfair reception at the Liceu
*****
Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Liceu Turandot
*****
Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu
****1
Vocal sparkle but a dull staging in the Liceu's Puritani
****1
A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona
***11
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