Eslava, Miguel Hilarion

ESLAVA, MiguelHilarion, distinguished Spanish musician, born Oct. 21, 1807, near Pampeluna, where he was cathedral chorister. In 1824 he was appointed violinist in the cathedral at Pampeluna, and in 1828 chapel-master of that at Ossuna. Here he was ordained deacon, and took priest's orders when chapel-master at the metropolitan church of Seville (1832). In 1841 he produced at Cadiz his first opera, ‘Il Solitario,’ speedily followed by ‘La Tregua di Ptolemaide’ and ‘Pedro el Cruel,Pedro el Cruel,...