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    Artaxerxes is an opera in three acts composed by Thomas Arne set to an English adaptation (probably by Arne himself) of Metastasio's 1729 libretto Artaserse...
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  • equivalent of Artaxerxes, Artaxšacā Artaxerxes (opera), a 1762 opera by Thomas Arne 7212 Artaxerxes, a main-belt asteroid The wizard Artaxerxes, a character...
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    comic opera, with his greatest success being Thomas and Sally in 1760. His opera Artaxerxes (1762) was the first attempt to set a full-blown opera seria...
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    Darius, the first born son, murdered by Artaxerxes I or Artabanus. Hystaspes, murdered by Artaxerxes I. Artaxerxes I Achaemenes, murdered by Egyptians.[citation...
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  • popular opera. The first work in which the composer tried to reform the excesses of Italian opera seria. 1762 Artaxerxes (Thomas Arne). The first opera seria...
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    Thomas Arne (category English opera composers)
    works, including the role of Sally in his 1760 opera Thomas and Sally and Mandane in his 1762 opera Artaxerxes. Eventually Brent and Arne went their separate...
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    history of opera has a relatively short duration within the context of the history of music in general: it appeared in 1597, when the first opera, Dafne,...
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  • Andrew Staples (category 21st-century British male opera singers)
    The Royal Opera, Staples has sung Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Narraboth in Salome, and Artabenes in Arne's Artaxerxes. He has also sung at opera houses in...
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  • queen, the wife of Xerxes I of Persia, mother of Achaemenid King of Kings Artaxerxes I of Persia. She was poorly regarded by ancient Greek historians. Amestris...
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  • Artaserse (Vinci) (category Artaxerxes I)
    adapted from Metastasio Artaxerxes, 1762 opera by Thomas Arne, using an English translation of Metastasio's libretto Artaserse, 1774 opera by Josef Mysliveček...
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