 Public theatre opera had come to the city in March 1637, when the new Teatro San Cassiano opened with a performance of "L'Andromeda" by Francesco Manelli.The popularity of this and other works led to more theatres converting their facilities for opera; "L'Arianna" was chosen to inaugurate the Teatro San Moisè as an opera house during the 1639–40 Carnival (the precise date of this performance is not recorded).A revised version of the libretto had been published in 1639, with substantial cuts and revisions from the 1608 version to remove passages too specifically linked to the Mantuan wedding.