 "Axur" is the Italian version of Salieri's 1787 French-language work "Tarare" which had a libretto by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.Axur, King of the Persian Gulf kingdom of Ormus, orders one of his soldiers, Altamor, to abduct Aspasia.She's the wife of Atar, the heroic commander of Axur's army.