Ariodant

Ariodant
Opéra comique by Étienne Méhul
Title page of the libretto
LibrettistFrançois-Benoît Hoffman
LanguageFrench
Based onEpisode in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso
Premiere
11 October 1799 (1799-10-11)
Opéra-Comique, Paris

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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