Almahide

[5] Almahide has been brought up as a man in preparation for killing her father's enemy Almiro; instead she has fallen in love with him.

[1] The libretto was by Silvio Stampiglia and Pietro Antonio Bernardon, who adapted Dryden’s Almanzor and Almahide.

[3][9] The cast was composed of Italian singers; three castrati - Nicolini (Almiro), Valentini (Almanzor), and Giuseppe Cassani (Gemir), as well as two women - Margherita de L'Epine (Almahide), and Isabella Girardeau (Celinda).

[1][7] In February 1710, Walsh, Randall and Hare published Songs in the new Opera, Call’d Almahide, including the overture and 43 arias.

[7] The production was revived the following year with four performances in April and one in May, with Margharita de l’Epine in the title role.