Efforts in this opera to lift the title character's spirits include the piano-accompanied "Lieben, hassen" and a quartet sung by four men with a coloratura soprano descant. That coloratura soprano role is best known for the massive aria "Grossm?htige Prinzessin!", in which she lists men who have seduced her, to which the title character responds by withdrawing into her cave. The title location disappears upon the appearance of a certain god, and the Prologue to the opera, not included in its original version, ends with the Composer singing "Musik ist eine heilige Kunst." Zerbinetta and four commedia dell'arte characters star in the comedy that infringes upon the Composer's opera seria, creating the opera-within-an-opera that forms the body 
Efforts in this opera to lift the title character's spirits include the piano-accompanied "Lieben, hassen" and a quartet sung by four men with a coloratura soprano descant. That coloratura soprano role is best known for the massive aria "Grossm?htige Prinzessin!", in which she lists men who have seduced her, to which the title character responds by withdrawing into her cave. The title location disappears upon the appearance of a certain god, and the Prologue to the opera, not included in its original version, ends with the Composer singing "Musik ist eine heilige Kunst." Zerbinetta and four commedia dell'arte characters star in the comedy that infringes upon the Composer's opera seria, creating the opera-within-an-opera that forms the body of this work. For 10 points, identify this opera with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, a work by Richard Strauss about the abandoned lover of Theseus.
Efforts in this opera to lift the title character's spirits include the piano-accompanied "Lieben, hassen" and a quartet sung by four men with a coloratura soprano descant.
Ariadne auf Naxos