abstract: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 version most of us know about the comic preparations for a mythical opera, also called "Ariadne aufNaxos, " followed by the sublimely sad opera itself is actually a rewrite.