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 %
18 Mar 1769 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Tartars No No Yes £245 7s 6d N/A N/A
24 Nov 1769 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £148 4s 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1770 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, The Tartars, The Reel No No Yes £253 9s N/A N/A
04 May 1770 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Dutch Dance, Allemande, The Old Ground Young Yes No Yes £219 16s 6d N/A N/A
06 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Citizen, Masquerade Dance, Allemande, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1772 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Apprentice, The Old Ground Young Yes No Yes £253 2s 48% N/A
27 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Devil to Pay, The Wanton God Yes No Yes £271 19s 61% N/A
14 Apr 1773 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £175 13s 66% N/A
30 Apr 1773 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Man and Wife, Hornpipe No No Yes £163 9s 73% N/A
19 Mar 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, The Corsican Sailors, The Highland Reel No No Yes £230 17s 56% N/A
09 Apr 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Author, The Corsican Sailors, The Highland Reel No No Yes £203 10s 6d 45% N/A
29 Nov 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Reel, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Romance of An Hour, The Vintage Festival, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Romance of an Hour, The Generous Pirate, The Frolick No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, St Patrick's Day Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Englishman in Paris, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Cross Purposes, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer, The Gamesters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Commissary, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1776 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Catherine and Petruchio, The Frolick Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1776 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Prometheus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1776 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Prometheus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1777 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Old Maid, The Villagers No No No £273 4s 59% N/A
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