- Bray Poor (Narrator (voice))
Great Performances — S53E20
Episode: Great Performances at the Met: Arabella
Air Date: 2026-05-17
Runtime: 163 min
Overview
Strauss’ romance brings the glamour of 19th-century Vienna to the Met stage in a production by legendary Otto Schenk. Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen makes her role debut as Arabella, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Soprano Louise Alder makes her Met debut as her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the count who sweeps Arabella off her feet.