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 %
19 May 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Cudgelled Husband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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