Abstract
"George Benda, who lived from 1722-1795, was an accomplished pianist and oboist as well as a brilliant composer. He is known primarily for his two melodramas, "Ariadne auf Naxos'' and "Medea.'' Melodrama in this instance refers to a type of piece with spoken dialogue interspersed with instrumental phrases; as the program stated, it is akin to "an opera without singing.''
The Post Road musicians presented "Ariadne auf Naxos,'' assisted by two actors from the Actors' Shakespeare Project, Marya Lowry as Ariadne and Robert Walsh as her husband, Theseus." (Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 2015)