(''Ariadne and Bacchus'') is an opera by Marin Marais first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the

Paris Opera The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...

) 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.

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Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881
French-language operas Tragédies en musique Operas by Marin Marais 1696 operas Operas Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera Operas based on Metamorphoses Ariadne {{french-opera-stub