ROCKLAND — The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season continues at the Strand Theatre with a simulcast of Strauss’s Arabella on Saturday, November 22, at 1 p.m. An encore screening will be presented on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. Reserved seats are offered for the live transmission.  

"Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that 'is as beautiful as one could hope' (The New York Times).

Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet. 

Estimated running time is 4 hours and 10 minutes, including two intermissions. More information can be found on the Strand Theatre website at www.RocklandStrand.com.  

This season’s series at the Strand is generously supported by Edward Jones financial advisors.                                                               

Tickets are available online at www.RocklandStrand.com; by calling the box office at (207) 594-0070; or at the walk-up box office one hour prior to each opera showtime.

Tickets are $32/Adults, $27/Strand Members, and $15/Students.

Tickets for encore presentations are $27/Adults, $22/Strand Members, and $10/Students.

The Strand Theatre is located at 345 Main Street, Rockland.