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 %
10 May 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Dutch Skippers, The Knife Grinders No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blind Mans Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blind Man's Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1765 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Tyrolese Peasants, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1765 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, La Femme Maitresse, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1765 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1765 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blind Mans Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1765 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blind Mans Buff, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance, New Grand Ballet, The Tartars No No No £213 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Country Wife, Comic Dance, The Tartars No No No £185 13s N/A N/A
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