A Translation of "Don Alvaro, O La Fuerza Del Sino" by Angel De Saavedra, Duke of Rivas

Don Alvaro, or the power of destiny, explores the troubled moral and cultural borderlands between orthodox Catholicism's doctrines of salvation and the pagan horror code. This translation will be a welcome treat for all English speakers.

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Don Alvaro is one of the two or three principal dramatic works of Spanish romanticism. Best known to English-speaking and other audiences in its Italian operatic version, it is time for Spanish-challenged readers to have access to a play as is typical of the best productions of Spanish Romanticism, synthesizes characters and actions typical of Spanish Golden Age Religious and cape-and sword dramas with post-Enligtenment explorations of exalted individuality.