Strauss evening of unprecedented height: Arabella as vorspiel of Scenes from a marriage

To perhaps the most beautiful music written by Strauss, Arabella descends the stairs and hands Mandryka a glass of water. Their engagement is thus sealed. Behind the love couple, however, an inky black space opens up into which both disappear.
Nee, in deze enscenering van Christof Loy is Arabella alles behalve de lichtvoetige Weense komedie die Strauss van zijn librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthal vroeg. Geen Rosenkavelier light, eerder het vorspiel van Scenes from a marriage.
Waar in veel ensce...