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 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
31 Jan 1777 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Country Wife, The Villagers No No No £233 11s 49% N/A
11 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Old Maid, Rural Dance No No No £180 5s 52% N/A
10 Mar 1777 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Jovial Crew, Pastoral Dance, Push About the Jorum No No Yes £302 3s 57% N/A
18 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Three Weeks after Marriage, Hunting Dance No No Yes £237 7s 61% N/A
08 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £190 13s 51% N/A
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