Great Performances · SEASON 53
Great Performances at the Met: Arabella
Episode 20 · 2026-05-17
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Drama
Episode 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.
163 minutes
Season 53 episodes
1. The Magic of Grace Bumbry2025-10-03
2. Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia2025-10-19
3. Tiler Peck: Suspending Time2025-11-07
4. Twelfth Night2025-11-14
5. Nutcracker from English National Ballet2025-12-16
6. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20262026-01-01
7. Movies for Grownups® Awards 2026 with AARP The Magazine2026-02-22
8. Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall2026-02-27
9. Great Performances at the Met: La Bohème2026-03-20
10. Great Performances at the Met: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay2026-04-01
11. Now Hear This – “Brahms: Free But Alone”2026-04-10
12. Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula2026-04-12
13. Now Hear This – “Everyone Loves Joplin”2026-04-17
15. Now Hear This – “The Call of Istanbul”2026-04-24
16. Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound”2026-05-01
17. Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel2026-05-08
18. Suffs2026-05-08
19. Irving Berlin’s Top Hat2026-05-15
20. Great Performances at the Met: Arabella2026-05-17
21. An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger2026-05-22
22. Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier2026-06-14
23. Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani2026-07-12
24. Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin2026-08-21
25. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20262026-08-28
