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Opera in three acts by Arne to his own translation of metastasio's Artaserse (1762, London); other composers who wrote operas on the subject include Gluck (1741), Paisiello (1765), Piccinni (1766) and Cimarosa (1781).



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Artaxerxes may refer to:

The throne name of several Achaemenid rulers of the 1st Persian Empire:

  • Artaxerxes I of Persia, Artaxerxes I Longimanus, r. 465–424 BC, son and successor of Xerxes I
  • Artaxerxes II of Persia, Artaxerxes II Memnon, r. 404–358 BC, son and successor of Darius II
  • Artaxerxes III of Persia, Artaxerxes III Ochus, r. 358–338 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes II
  • Arses of Persia, Artaxerxes IV Arses, r. 338–336 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes III
  • Bessus, Artaxerxes V Bessus, r. 330–329 BC, nobleman who seized the throne from Darius III

Artaxerxes may also refer to:

  • Artaxerxes (opera), an opera by Thomas Arne
  • Middle Persian Ardashir, which descends from Old Persian Artaxšacā, and is the name of several Sassanid rulers

 
 

 

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