Ariane (Mouret)

Ariane ("Ariadne") is an opera by the French composer Jean-Joseph Mouret, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 6 April 1717. It takes the form of a "tragédie en musique" in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel and Pierre-Charles Roy. 