Artaserse (Mysliveček)

Artaserse is an opera in three acts by the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, set to a popular libretto (or dramma per musica) by Metastasio that was originally performed in 1730. It was customary to alter the Metastasian text considerably for operas in the 1770s, but this one mainly adheres to the original Metastasian text, albeit with the placement of some scenes re-arranged and some scenes omitted. All of Mysliveček's operas are of the serious type in Italian referred to as opera seria.

This article is about an opera by Josef Mysliveček. For an earlier opera by Thomas Arne on the same theme, see Artaxerxes (opera). For other operas on the same theme, see Artaserse.
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