Arabella

About the show

In 1860s Vienna, the financially troubled Waldner family hopes to marry off Arabella, while her sister Zdenka is disguised as a boy. Zdenka secretly loves Matteo and sends him letters signed with Arabella’s name to keep him from despair. Arabella falls for Mandryka, who has inherited his uncle’s fortune and proposes. A mistaken identity at the hotel leads Mandryka to suspect Arabella, but Zdenka reveals the truth, Matteo agrees to marry Zdenka, and Arabella and Mandryka reconcile.