Antonia Merighi

Merighi in a caricature by Antonio Maria Zanetti

Antonia Margherita Merighi (born Bologna – died by 1764) was an Italian contralto active between 1703 and 1744 and known for her performances in operas by George Frideric Handel.[1]

  1. ^ Her surname also appears in some sources as Merichi or Merigi. Her death is assumed to be in 1764 or earlier as that was the year her husband remarried. See Dean (2001) pp. 181-82