Opera in the Repertoire · Classical
Ariodant
Music by Étienne Méhul · libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman · premiered 1799 · at Salle Favart I
Ariodant is an opéra comique (drame mêlé de musique) in three acts by the French composer Étienne Méhul first performed at the Théâtre Favart in Paris on 11 October 1799. The libretto, by François-Benoît Hoffman is based on the same episode in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso that also inspired Handel's opera Ariodante. The work had a profound influence on the development of Romantic opera, particularly in Germany.
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About the Composer
Étienne Méhul is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Étienne Méhul
- Euphrosine (1790)
- Adrien (1791)
- Cora (1791)
- Horatius Coclès (1794)
- Doria (1795)
- La taupe et les papillons (1797)
- Bion (1800)
- L'irato (1801)