ISBN: | 978-5-5090-5540-9 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! L`Arianna (English: Ariadne) (SV 291) was the second opera written by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643). It was first performed on 28 May 1608, as part of the musical festivities for a royal wedding at the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Mantua, and was revived under the composer`s direction in Venice, in 1640. The work is a setting of a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini, who based his story on Ovid`s Heroides and other classical sources. It recounts Ariadne`s abandonment by Theseus on the island of Naxos, and her subsequent elevation as bride to the god Bacchus.