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.

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