| 作曲者 | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)・ジョージ・フリデリック・ヘンデル |
| タイトル | Ariodante HWV 33（布装丁） |
| サブタイトル | Opera in 3 acts |
| 出版社 | Bärenreiter・ベーレンライター |
| シリーズ名 | Hallische Händel-Ausgabe; Halle Handel Edition (HHA) Ser. 2. Vol. 32 |
| 楽器編成 | Soloists, Orchestra |
| 楽器編成（詳細） | 3SSolo/ASolo/2TSolo/BSolo/Orch |
| 品番 | 9790006497799 |
| 校訂者 | Donald Burrows |
| 形状 | LXVIII, 429 ページ・33.0 x 26.0 cm・2125 g・布装丁 |
| 出版年 | 2007年第1刷 |
| 出版番号 | BA 4079 |
| ISMN | 979-0006497799 |
"Ariodante" was the first work which Handel composed for the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden after his contract with the King's Theatre, Haymarket ran out in mid-1734. "
"Ariodante" stands out amongst Handel's opera works by means of its combination of excellent and challenging music coupled with a first-class plot. There is probably no other Handel opera which contains such a wealth of striking and catchy arias as are found in the first act of " Ariodante " alone. The three wide-ranging arias composed for the castrato Carestini are amongst the greatest bravura pieces.
The plot is based on an episode in Ariosto's epic " Orlando furioso " (1516). The central event of the drama, the trick with which Duke Polinesso convinces his commander Ariodante that Ginevra is unfaithful, was also used by Shakespeare in "Much Ado About Nothing".