 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".