Composers and their stage works 

Angel de Saavedra

(1791-1865)

Spanish politician, poet, and dramatist born in Cordoba on March 19, 1791, died in Madrid on June 22, 1865.

Stage Works

  1. Ataúlfo. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1814.
  2. Aliatar. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1814. Published 1816. Produced Seville, July 8, 1816.
  3. El duque de Aquitania (The Duke of Aquitaine). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1817. Published 1820. Produced Seville, 1817.
  4. Malek-Adhel. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1818. Published 1820. Produced Barcelona, ca. 1818. Based on Marie Cottin's novel Mathilde (1805).
  5. Lanuza. Tragedy. 5 acts. Written 1822. Published 1823. Produced Madrid. Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 17, 1822.
  6. Arias Gonzalo. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1826. Published 1894.
  7. Tanto vales cuanto tienes (You Are Worth as Much as You Own). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1828. Published 1840. Produced Madrid, Teatro del Principe, July 2, 1834.
  8. Don Alvaro, o La fuerza del sino (Don Alvaro, or The Force of Destiny). Drama, 5 acts; prose and verse. Written 1835. Published 1835. Produced Madrid, Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 22, 1835.
  9. Solaces de un prisionero, o Tres noches de Madrid (The Solace of a Prisoner, or Three Nights in Madrid). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1840. Published 1841. Produced Madrid, 1841.
  10. La morisca de Alajuar (The Moorish Woman of Alajuar). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1841. Published 1841. Produced November, 1841.
  11. El crisol de la lealtad (The Crucible of Loyalty). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1842. Published 1842. Produced Seville, 1842.
  12. El desengaño en un sueño (Disillusion in a Dream). Fantastic drama, 4 acts. Written 1842. Published 1844. Produced Madrid, Teatro de Apolo, Dec. 11, 1875.
  13. El parador de Bailén (The Inn of Bailén). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1843. Published 1844. Produced Seville, 1843.
  14. Doña Blanca de Castilla. Play. Produced Seville, Nov. 28, 1917.

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