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 %
02 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Statue Animated, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Statue Animated, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Taylors, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Dutch Dance, The Pleasures of Spring No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The French Country Gentleman, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Dutch Dance, The Pleasures of Spring No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Pleasures of Spring, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Dutch Dance, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1762 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Pleasures of Spring, New Dutch Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, La Provenciale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Catalonian Marriage, The Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Catalonian Marriage, The Dutch Skippers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Dutch Skippers, The Catalonian Marriage No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The French Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, French Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Sicilian Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Catalonian Marriage No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Catalonian Marriage No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, New Comic Dance, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1763 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Venus Revenged, The Cudgelled Husband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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
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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