A particularly delectable treat from the Mike Richter trove: Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts a 1985 performance of Arabella at the Bayerische Staatsoper, featuring Lucia Popp and Wolfgang Brendel.
Strauss: Arabella
München – 9 January 1985
Arabella – Lucia Popp
Mandryka – Wolfgang Brendel
Zdenka – Julie Kaufmann
Matteo – Peter Seiffert
Waldener – Alfred Kuhn
Adelaide – Marjana Lipovsek
Elemer – Norberth Orth
Fiakermilli – Ulrike Steinsky
Kartenaufschlägerin – Cornelia Wulkopf
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch