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 %
21 Jan 1793 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Ghost No No No £201 18s 38% N/A
23 May 1793 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Pannel, Ah che nel petto io sento No No Yes £216 4s 6d 62% N/A
30 Apr 1796 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Doldrum No No No £216 11s 6d 42% N/A
04 May 1796 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, Artaxerxes, Saint Patrick's Day No No No £195 15s 38% N/A
11 May 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Un married, Artaxerxes, The Doldrum No No No £194 12s 57% N/A
25 May 1796 Covent Garden Comus, Artaxerxes, The Doldrum, Sweet Echo, High Rolling Seas That Bear Afar, Mad Bess No No Yes £339 10s 39% N/A
03 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Paul and Virginia No No No £496 9s 68% N/A
07 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Jew and the Doctor No No No £493 11s 6d 100% N/A
08 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Old Maid No No No £360 3s 6d 67% N/A
10 Oct 1801 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Irish Widow No No No £346 17s 6d 100% N/A
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