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Music:Richard Strauss.Lyrics:Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
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First performance on Hoftheater in Stuttgart at the 25 of October 1912.Attended the performance at Malmö Opera and Musikteater Storan 2.2. 2003
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Ceremonymaster | a speaking part |
| A musicteatcher | baritone |
| Kompositören | soprano |
| Tenoren | tenor |
| An officer | tenor |
| A dancingteatcher | tenor |
| A whigmaker | baritone |
| A lackey | bass |
| Zerbinetta | soprano |
| Primadonnan | soprano |
| Harlekin | baritone |
| Scaramuccio | tenor |
| Truffaldin | bass |
| Brighella | tenor |
Time and place: Vienna in the end of the 1700-century
A new tragic opera Ariadne auf Naxos is scheduled to be staged for a banquet at the house of a wealthy amn. Having heard that an opera buffa with songs and dances by harlequins will be performed after the tragic opera, the music master feels disturbed, and in the midst of the confusion in which opera singers and clowns are at odds with each other, the master of the house asks too much of the music master on a whim by ordering him to perform the tragedy and the comedy simultaneously. The actress and dancer Zerbinetta tells her fellow harlequins about this order and they decide to try to improvise to make the performance exciting, while the music master tries to calm down the singers and decides after all that all they can do is to follow order.
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Ariadne | soprano |
| Bacchus | tenor |
| Najad | soprano |
| Dryad | alto |
| Eko | soprano |
| Zerbinetta | soprano |
| Harlekin | baritone |
| Scaramuccio | tenor |
| Truffaldin | bass |
| Brighella | tenor |
The setting is an isolated island, Naxos. Abandoned by her husband Theseus, Ariadne is deeply grief stricken and wishes to die. The harlequins console her in vain. Zerbinetta sings an aria of life and love for Ariadne to comfort her. At this time, a trumpet rings out, heralding the arrival of Bacchus. Ariadne, thinking that Bacchus is a god of death, gives herself to him, but he is carried away by her beauty and kisses her. Then her longing for death turns into hope for life, and new love is born.
Adress:http://www.mogensoperasidor.se/ariadneonnaxosenglish.htm