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 %
26 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Love a la Mode No No No £223 10s 6d 44% N/A
17 Dec 1791 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Love a la Mode No No No £212 17s 6d 46% N/A
07 Jan 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No No £199 16s 31% N/A
21 Jan 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No No £216 3s 33% N/A
17 Feb 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No No £178 15s 41% N/A
01 May 1792 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Lovers' Quarrels No No Yes £298 17s 7d 46% N/A
10 Nov 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, Minuet No No No £309 14s 6d 54% N/A
14 Nov 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Irish Widow No No No £160 10s 36% N/A
12 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Miss in her Teens No No No £163 16s 37% N/A
15 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Farm House No No No £147 15s 6d 36% N/A
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