Richard Strauss: Arabella

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• Dramatis personae
• Abbreviations
• 1. Strauss and Hofmannsthal: the collaborative background
• 2. Synopsis
• 3. Literary sources
• 4. The Arabella collaboration
• 5. The structure of the opera
• 6. Analysis: technique and expression
• 7. The Act 3 sketchbook
• 8. Premiere and aftermath
• 9. Critical reactions
• 10. An interpretative assessment
• Appendices
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• Discography
• Index.