L'abandon d'Ariane Op. 98 (The Abandonment of Ariane or, in German, Die Verlassene Ariadne) is an opera in one act by Darius Milhaud to a French libretto by Henri Hoppenot, based on Greek mythology. It is the second of three Opéras-Minutes (Mini-Operas) that Milhaud composed. It came between L'enlèvement d'Europe Op. 94 and Le délivrance de Thésée Op. 99, with librettos also by Henri Hoppenot (1891–1977), a French diplomat. The three operas toget...
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L'abandon d'Ariane Op. 98 (The Abandonment of Ariane or, in German, Die Verlassene Ariadne) is an opera in one act by Darius Milhaud to a French libretto by Henri Hoppenot, based on Greek mythology. It is the second of three Opéras-Minutes (Mini-Operas) that Milhaud composed. It came between L'enlèvement d'Europe Op. 94 and Le délivrance de Thésée Op. 99, with librettos also by Henri Hoppenot (1891–1977), a French diplomat. The three operas together last about twenty-seven minutes.
The first performance of the trilogy - L'enlèvement d'Europe, L'abandon d'Ariane and Le délivrance de Thésée - was at the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany on 20 April 1928. These performances were given in a German translation by Rudolph Stephan Hoffmann.
L'abandon d'Ariane is not currently part of the operatic repertory. There are several recordings of it. It is rarely performed.
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