Arabella (disambiguation)
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Arabella
is an opera by Richard Strauss.
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Arabella
Arabella is a lyric comedy or opera in 3 acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration. It was first performed on 1 July 1933, at the Dresden Sächsisches Staatstheater....
is an opera by Richard Strauss.
Arabella may also refer to:
People:
- Arabella Árbenz (1940-1965), Guatemalan model and actress, daughter of Jacobo ÁrbenzJacobo Arbenz GuzmánColonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as Defense Minister of Guatemala from 1944–1951, and as President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954....
- Arabella BuckleyArabella BuckleyArabella Burton Buckley was a writer and science educator.She was born in Brighton, England. At 24 she went to work as secretary to Charles Lyell, and worked for him until his death in 1875...
(1840-1929), writer and science educator - Arabella Churchill (charity founder)Arabella Churchill (charity founder)Arabella Spencer-Churchill was an English charity founder, festival co-founder, and fundraiser.In 1971, Churchill played a major role in the development of the Glastonbury Festival. In 1979, she set up the Children's Area of the Festival and also the Theatre Area. Until her death, she ran the...
(born 1949), English charity founder, festival organiser, and fundraiser - Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)Arabella Churchill was the mistress of King James II, and the mother of four of his children...
(1648-1730), mistress of King James II - Arabella DennyArabella DennyLady Arabella Denny was an Irish philanthropist, founder of the Magdalen Asylum for Protestant Girls in Leeson Street, Dublin in 1765.-Early life and family:...
(1707–1792), Irish philanthropist - Arabella EdgeArabella EdgeArabella Edge is a writer and novelist whose first work, The Company, received a 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.-Early life :...
, Australian novelist - Arabella Fermor, model for the character Belinda in the poem The Rape of the Lock
- Arabella FieldArabella FieldArabella Field is an American actress and film producer known for her roles in films such as Dante's Peak, Feeling Minnesota, Godzilla, National Treasure, Paper Man and as Melinda Bitterman in the animated television version of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott's daily comic strip Baby Blues.Field was...
(born 1970), American actress - Arabella GoddardArabella GoddardArabella Goddard was an English pianist of great renown in the middle to late 19th century.She was born and died in France. Her parents, Thomas Goddard, an heir to a Salisbury cutlery firm, and Arabella née Ingles, were part of an English community of expatriates living in Saint-Servan near...
(1836-1922), English pianist - Arabella HuntArabella HuntArabella Hunt was an English vocalist and lutenist, celebrated for her beauty and talents.The Princess Anne had lessons from her, and Mary II of England found her some employment in the royal household in order to enjoy her singing. John Hawkins tells with great detail how the queen, after...
(died 1705), vocalist and lutenist - Arabella HuntingtonArabella HuntingtonArabella Yarrington "Belle" Huntington was the second wife of American railway tycoon and industrialist Collis P. Huntington, and then the second wife of Henry E. Huntington...
(circa 1850-1924), American philanthropist - Arabella KiesbauerArabella KiesbauerCosima Arabella-Asereba Kiesbauer is a TV presenter, writer and actress. She grew up in Vienna with her grandmother after her mother Hannelore and her father Sammy Ammissah separated.While she studied journalism and dramaturgy she started to work as presenter with the Austrian public service...
(born 1969), TV presenter, writer and actress - Arabella Knight, British novelist
- Arabella Lennox-BoydArabella Lennox-BoydArabella Lennox-Boyd , Lady Lennox-Boyd is an Italian-born English garden designer.-Background:Born in Rome as Arabella Parisi, she is a daughter of Piero Parisi and a granddaughter of a Marshal of Italy, General Armando Diaz, 1st Duke della Vittoria...
(born 1938), Italian-born English garden designer - Arabella MansfieldArabella MansfieldArabella Mansfield , née Belle Aurelia Babb, became the first female lawyer in the United States when she was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869. She was allowed to take the bar exam and passed with high scores, despite a state law restricting applicants to white males over 21...
(1846-1911), first female lawyer in the United States - Arabella SteinbacherArabella SteinbacherArabella Steinbacher is a German classical violinist.-Biography:Steinbacher was born in Munich on November 14, 1981, to a German father and a Japanese mother. When she was three, her mother read that a German violin teacher had recently returned from Japan after studying the Suzuki method. ...
(born 1981), German violinist - Lady Arbella Stuart (1575-1615), also spelled Arabella, considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Arabella WeirArabella WeirArabella Weir is a British comedian, actress and writer.The daughter of former British ambassador Sir Michael Weir, she is best known for her roles in The Fast Show and for writing several books including the international best seller Does My Bum Look Big In This? Arabella Weir (born 6 December...
(born 1957), British comedian, actress and writer
Fictional characters:
- Arabella, wife of the title character in the novel Jude the ObscureJude the ObscureJude the Obscure, the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, began as a magazine serial and was first published in book form in 1895. The book was burned publicly by William Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, in that same year. Its hero, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a...
by Thomas Hardy - Arabella Babe CareyBabe CareyArabella "Babe" Carey Chandler is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Alexa Havins, from October 13, 2003 to October 8, 2007, and then by actress Amanda Baker from October 8, 2007 to October 31, 2008...
, fictional character in the television soap opera All My Children - Arabella Figg, squib neighbor of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Places:
- IrbidIrbidIrbid , known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela , is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 660,000, and is located about 70 km north of Amman on the northern ridge of...
, Jordan, a city - Arabella, HighlandArabella, HighlandArabella is a village in Highland, Scotland....
, Scotland, a village - Arabella, CaliforniaArabella, CaliforniaArabella is a former settlement in Lake County, California. It was located in Long Valley north of Lower Lake.A post office operated at Arabella from 1888 to 1920, having moved in 1903. The name honored the first postmaster's wife....
, United States, a former settlement - Arabella StationArabella StationArabella Station is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1996. It is now a Whole Foods for Uptown New Orleans....
, in New Orleans, Louisiana - 841 Arabella841 Arabella841 Arabella is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 3.39 hours.-External links:*...
, an asteroid
In entertainment:
- Arabella (film), a 1967 Italian comedy film
- Arabella (novel)Arabella (novel)Arabella is a Regency romance novel written by Georgette Heyer. It records the plight of a relatively poor girl from the English gentry who captures the attention of a very wealthy man by claiming to be an heiress...
, a historical romance novel - Arabella (show)Arabella (show)Arabella was a German talk show hosted by Arabella Kiesbauer airing on the German television network ProSieben from 1994 to 2004. It was modelled after The Oprah Winfrey Show....
, a German talk show
Other:
- Arabella Country EstateArabella Country EstateArabella Country Estate, known as Arabella is a residential estate with golf course and 5 star hotel located 1 hr from Cape Town, near the coastal town of Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa. The golf course is rated #2 in South Africa....
, a residential estate - Arabella High-Rise BuildingArabella High-Rise BuildingThe Arabella High-Rise Building is a high-rise residential building with 23 floors, built from 1966 to 1969, by Josef Schörghuber in Munich, Germany. The building is 75 meters high and was designed by architect Toby Schmidbauer....
, a high-rise hotel and office building in Munich - Arabella (ship), which sailed to Massachusetts in 1630