Event· Strasbourg
Ariane à Naxos
"Ariane à Naxos" (Ariadne auf Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss about the tragic abandoned heroine Ariadne, grieving for Theseus on the island of Naxos, whose story unexpectedly intertwines with the comedic troupe of Zerbinetta. The work famously blends serious opera and slapstick comedy, as Zerbinetta comforts Ariadne—and when the god Bacchus arrives, Ariadne finds new love instead of the dea