A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lucchesina, Maria

by Julian Marshall

LUCCHESINA, Maria Antonia Marchesini, detta la, an Italian mezzo-soprano, who sang in London, 1737–39. In the former year she played Rosimonda in Handel's 'Faramondo'; in the following year, beside other parts, that of Arsamene, a male character, in 'Serse'; and she sang the music of David in 'Saul' on its first production, Jan. 16, 1739.

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