imprudent, tu as insulté tous les Dieux bienveillants, qui tendaient entre le malheur et toi la fragile barrière! RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) “Ariadne auf Naxos” an opera with German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal . It was first performed at the Hoftheater, Stuttgart , on October 25, 1912. The revised version was