Ariane et Bacchus
Ariane et Bacchus | |
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Opera by Marin Marais | |
Librettist | Saint-Jean |
Language | French |
Based on | Myth of Ariadne, recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Premiere | 8 March 1696 Académie Royale de Musiquel, Paris |
Ariane et Bacchus (Ariadne and Bacchus) is an opera by Marin Marais first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 8 March 1696. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in five acts and a prologue. The libretto by Saint-Jean is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses and deals with the legend of Ariadne.
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- French-language operas
- Tragédies en musique
- Operas by Marin Marais
- 1696 operas
- Operas
- Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera
- Operas based on Metamorphoses
- French-language opera stubs