Thomyris, Queen of Scythia
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Thomyris, Queen of Scythia was a pasticcio opera based on a libretto by Peter Anthony Motteux. It was produced by John James Heidegger at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in April 1707. Motteux's prologu
Tomiris (Thomyris) portrayed by Rubens
Margherita de L'Épine
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Margherita de L'Épine was an Italian soprano of the Baroque era. She was among the most popular and successful of London's female singers in the years just before and after Italian opera became introd
Thomyris, Queen of Scythia
…Alessandro Scarlatti and Agostino Steffani. The overture and closing chaconne were by Charles Dieupart. The original cast were Pepusch's future wife Margherita de L'Epine, soprano (Thomyris), Francis Hughs, countertenor (Orontes), (later replaced by Valentino Urbani) Catherine Tofts (Cleora), Mr Lawrence, tenor (Tigranes…
Margherita de l'Épine (with a red muff), Catherine Tofts (in white), and some opera musicians (Rehearsal of an opera, by Marco Ricci, ca. 1709).