Ariadne Auf Naxos (Benda)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is a duodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Johann Christian Brandes. It was commissioned by Abel Seyler, whose theatrical company arrived in Gotha in 1774. The opera's first performance was at the Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, on 27 January 1775.
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