L'abandon d'Ariane

L'abandon d'Ariane (The Abandonment of Ariane or, in German, Die Verlassene Ariadne), Op. 98, 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 La 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.

L'abandon d'Ariane
Opera by Darius Milhaud
Milhaud in 1923
LibrettistHenri Hoppenot
LanguageFrench
Based onAriadne myth
Premiere
20 April 1928 (1928-04-20)
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Dionysos and Ariadne, Sebastiano Ricci (c. 1713)

Performance history

The first performance of the trilogy - L'Enlèvement d'Europe, L'Abandon d'Ariane and La Délivrance de Thésée - was at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany, on 20 April 1928. These performances were given in a German translation by Rudolph Stephan Hoffmann.

L'Abandon d'Ariane has been recorded several times; however, it is rarely performed live.

Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 20 April 1928
(Conductor: Joseph Rosenstock)
Ariadne, princess of Crete soprano
Dionysos, god of wine baritone
Phädra, Ariadne's younger sister soprano
Theseus, Greek hero tenor
Bacchantes, sailors chorus

References
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