Georg Benda
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Georg Anton Benda was a Bohemian composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the classical period.
Benda, ca. 1752
Benda family house in Benátky nad Jizerou, built 1706/07, demolished 1936
Ariadne auf Naxos (Benda)
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Ariadne auf Naxos is a duodrama in one act by Czech composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Johann Christian Brandes. It was commissioned by Abel Seyler, whose theatrical company arrived in Got
Georg Benda
…in 1764. He returned to Gotha in 1766, and devoted himself to composition. In all, he wrote about ten operas, several operettas, and the melodramas Ariadne auf Naxos, Medea and Almansor und Nadine. In 1778 he resigned his position and visited Hamburg, Vienna and other cities, and finally settled at the little hamlet…
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian: Dionysus discovers Ariadne on the shore of Naxos. The painting also depicts the constellation named after Ariadne.