Ariodant
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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opéra comique
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Étienne Méhul
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Théâtre Favart
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François-Benoît Hoffman
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Ariosto's
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Orlando Furioso
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Handel's
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Ariodante
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Romantic
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Ariodant
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1799-10-11T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
11 October 1799
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