Ariadne auf Naxos (libretto)

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Ariadne auf Naxos (libretto) is the German-language text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal for Richard Strauss’s opera that uniquely combines high tragedy with light-hearted commedia dell’arte elements.

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instanceOf German-language libretto ⓘ
opera libretto ⓘ
associatedMovement early 20th-century modernism ⓘ
author Hugo von Hofmannsthal ⓘ
basedOn myth of Ariadne and Bacchus ⓘ
collaborator Richard Strauss ⓘ
composerOfAssociatedOpera Richard Strauss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary ⓘ
dramaticForm combination of high tragedy and light comedy ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ariadne ⓘ
Bacchus ⓘ
linked to: Dionysus

Brighella ⓘ
Der Haushofmeister (the Major-Domo) ⓘ
Der Komponist (the Composer) ⓘ
Dryade ⓘ
linked to: Dryads

Echo ⓘ
Harlekin ⓘ
linked to: Pierrot

Najade ⓘ
Scaramuccio ⓘ
Truffaldin ⓘ
Zerbinetta ⓘ
firstPerformanceLanguage German ⓘ
forWork Ariadne auf Naxos (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Ariadne auf Naxos
genreElement commedia dell’arte ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasOperaSetting deserted seashore on Naxos ⓘ
hasPrologueSetting house of the richest man in Vienna ⓘ
intendedMedium music drama ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal ⓘ
librettistBirthplace Vienna ⓘ
notableFeature juxtaposition of opera seria and commedia dell’arte troupe ⓘ
meta-theatrical depiction of opera rehearsal and performance ⓘ
originalContext play-within-a-play attached to Hofmannsthal’s adaptation of Molière’s Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ⓘ
originalVersionYear 1912 ⓘ
revisedContext independent opera with prologue and one act ⓘ
revisedVersionYear 1916 ⓘ
setting island of Naxos ⓘ
structureElement Opera proper ⓘ
Prologue ⓘ
textType sung text ⓘ
theme conflict between serious opera and light entertainment ⓘ
relationship between art and patronage ⓘ
transformation of grief into new love ⓘ
title Ariadne auf Naxos ⓘ

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Ariadne auf Naxos (libretto) ⓘ
Lyrische Dramen → hasPart → Ariadne auf Naxos (Libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Ariadne auf Naxos (libretto)