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- ↑ Reinhard Strohm Dramma Per Musica: Italian Opera Seria of the Eighteenth Century- 1997 0300064543 The libretto of Tigrane (1729), by an anonymous arranger following Francesco Silvani, offered him the figure of Mitridate (tenor), a tyrant and overpowering father whose control over other people's affections is justified by his 'glory' and physical courage. The young hero Tigrane .