"Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is a duodrama in one act by Czech composer Jiří Antonín Benda (also Georg Benda) with a German libretto by ...
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Johann Christian Brandes [de]. It was commissioned by Abel Seyler, whose theatrical company arrived in Gotha in 1774. The opera´s first performance was at the Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, on 27 January 1775." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.11.2019)