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 %
28 Oct 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Apprentice, The Dutch Milkmaid, The Garland No No No £148 14s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1768 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Catherine and Petruchio, The Dutch Milkmaid, The Tartars No No No £163 9s N/A N/A
07 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Garland Yes No No £199 16s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Tartars No No No £161 8s N/A N/A
15 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Oxonian in Town, Comic Dance, The Garland No No No £141 17s N/A N/A
16 Nov 1768 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Queen Mab, New Turkish Dance, New Pantomime Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1768 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Queen Mab, New Pantomime Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1768 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Oxonian in Town, The Provenzales No No No £126 15s N/A N/A
07 Dec 1768 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Fortunatus, New Pantomime Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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