ARABELLA - Glyndebourne Opera DVD

With its romantic Viennese plot and lush waltz-time melodies, Arabella is one of Strauss's most popular operas. Count Waldner's family fortunes will only revive if his beautiful daughter, Arabella, can marry well. His other daughter, Zdenka - who has been raised as a boy to save money -is in love with one of Arabella's suitors. At a ball, Arabella falls in love with the mysterious Mandryka, heir to some distant rural estates, but the happy ending is delayed by intrigue and misunderstanding. Starring Ashley Putnam and John Brocheler, with Gianna Rolandi, Regina Sarfarty, Artur Korn, Keith Lewis, Gwendolyn Bradley. Glyndebourne Festival Opera, conducted by Bernard Haitink. Sung in German, subtitles available in English, French, German, Spanish. Full Screen (4.3) picture, Dolby Digital Stereo.

DVD. 154 minutes. Color.