Josè Maria Lo Monaco /

It is the fate of myths to be taken up and reworked across the centuries, every time permeated by the ever-changing human Zeitgeist. The myth of Ariadne – universal in its interplay of love, oppression, political cunning, salvation and the alternation of deceptive joy and pain – has repeatedly inspired musicians in some of their finest creations, from Claudio Monteverdi to Richard Strauss.

This musical programme focuses on the myth of Ariadne in the 18th Century, following a double thread: an artistic one, tracing its narrative variations, and a geographical one, moving through the major European musical capitals, from London to Vienna via Naples and Dresden.

Tickets

£50 £43 £33 £27 £18

Priority Booking for this event will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 15 April at 10.00am

General sale for this event will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 28 April