HIDALGO: Celos aun del Ayre matan

HIDALGO: Celos aun del Ayre matan 5 December. Madrid, Buen Retiro Text by P. Calderón de la Barca (Festa . . . Cantada). Three acts. The libretto appears to have been first printed in 1662. The earliest Spanish opera (on the subject of Cephalus and Procris; the title means “Jealousy, even of air, is deadly”) which has been partly preserved. The music of the first act (“Primera Jornada”), for voices and bass, was discovered by J. Subirá in the musical library at the Duke of Alba’s palace…