Artaxerxes (1762)

Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Pietro Metastasio
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£29,892 14s 6d £16,260 (54.4%) £13,632 14s 6d (45.6%)
1732 - 1809
£29,892 14s 6d - (100%) £16,260 (54.4%) £13,632 14s 6d (45.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
180 128 52
1732 - 1809
180 128 52
Notes
Based on the Metastasio's libretto for 'Artaserses' (1730).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Statue Animated, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Statue Animated, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Taylors, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Dutch Dance, The Pleasures of Spring No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The French Country Gentleman, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Dutch Dance, The Pleasures of Spring No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Pleasures of Spring, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Dutch Dance, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Pleasures of Spring, New Dutch Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, La Provenciale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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