As with all Baroque opera seria, Arianna in Creta went unperformed for many years, but with the revival of interest in Baroque music and historically informed musical performance since the 1960s,Arianna in Creta, like all Handel operas, receives performances at festivals and opera houses today. Among other performances, Arianna in Creta was staged by Gotham Chamber Opera in 2005 and by the London Handel Festival in 2014.
Librettist
Francis Colman (from Pietro Pariati's "Arianna e Teseo")
Date of composition
1734
(1733-1734)
Premiered
1734, January 26th
(King's Theatre in Haymarket)
in London, UK