- 1608 
- French translation - English translation - The opera by Monteverdi has been lost except for the complaint (Lamento) of the daughter of King Minos of Crete after she is abandoned by her lover.
- This opera by Monteverdi of which only a part is left, is one of the most influential and famous specimens of early baroque opera.
King Minos of Crete has won the war with the Athenians and demands Athene to sacrifice seven young men and seven maidens every nine years to the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster that lives in the Labyrinth. Theseus, son of King Aegeus of Athens, volunteers to kill the Minotaur. Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, falls in love with him and gives him a sword and a ball of the red fleece thread so that he can kill the Minotaur and find his way out of the labyrinth.
After Theseus has overcome the Minotaur and finds his way out of the labyrinth Ariadne elopes with him to a small island. After she is abandoned by Theseus she bewails her fate and curses her unfaithful lover (Ariadne's Complaint).
| Arianna | Soprano | F-H | Daughter of King Minos of Crete |
| Venere | Soprano | F-H | |
| Dorilla | Soprano | F-H | |
| Teseo | Tenor | M-M | Son of King Aegeus of Athens |
| Bacco | Tenor | M-M | |
| Giove | Tenor | M-M | Jupiter |
| Tirsi | Tenor | M-M | |
| Consigliere | Tenor | M-M |
| Lamento d'Arianna (Ariadne's Complaint) |