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 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Burgomaster No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1779 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Upholsterer No No No £196 3s 6d 66% N/A
22 Jan 1780 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Harlequin Every where No No No £211 17s 51% N/A
01 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Spaniards Dismayed, The Touchstone, Dance of Sailors No No Yes £231 12s 6d 59% N/A
06 May 1780 Covent Garden A Gazette Extraordinary, Artaxerxes, The Norwood Gypsies, A Leap through a Cask on Fire No No Yes £232 17s 6d 70% N/A
11 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Citizen No No No £187 15s 48% N/A
14 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £212 7s 68% N/A
16 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, Bon Ton No No No £179 7s 6d 40% N/A
18 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Lyar No No No £117 8s 6d 43% N/A
21 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £136 2s 48% N/A
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