Ariane et Bacchus

Not to be confused with Bacchus and Ariadne.

Ariane et Bacchus (Ariadne and Bacchus) is an opera by Marin Marais first performed 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.

Ariane et Bacchus
Opera by Marin Marais
Librettist	Saint-Jean
Language	French
Based on	Myth of Ariadne, recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses
Premiere	8 March 1696 (1696-03-08) Académie Royale de Musiquel, Paris

Sources

• (in French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, Paris, 1881