Ariane et Bacchus
Ariane et Bacchus (Ariadne and Bacchus) is an opera by Marin Marais first performed on 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.
Sources
- (French) Libretto at "Livres baroques"
- (French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, Paris, 1881
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