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 %
26 May 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Who's the Dupe? No No No £268 10s 6d 64% N/A
03 Jun 1802 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Blue Beard No No Yes £632 1s 6d 71% N/A
11 May 1807 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, No Song No Supper, Lost is the Bliss, Own Not You Feel While Listening to That Tongue, Sweet Friend-Ship, View Two Bleeding Hearts, Oh! Father, Now I Must Away, Pierce, Pierce My Heart Ungrateful, The Birth, Christening, Marriages, and Other Family Misfortunes of Dennis Brulgruddery, The Battle of Maida No No Yes £608 11s 6d 52% N/A
20 May 1807 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Siege of Troy No No Yes £787 N/A N/A
20 Oct 1807 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Wedding Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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