Celos aun del air matan

When Diana finds out that one of her nymphs has broken her vow of chastity and has been meeting with a shepherd in the garden of the temple at night, she wants to punish everyone involved. She ties Aura to a tree, hoping that her lover will reveal himself and try to rescue her, but the goddess Venus intervenes in Diana’s plot, and transforms Aura into the wind. Aura’s lover, Erostrato vows to follow Aura, and get his vengeance against Diana for separating them.

Meanwhile, Céfalo has been wandering through the forest, looking for opportunities to demonstrate his heroism. He sees Aura tied to a tree and tries to help this distressed damsel, but he is quickly distracted by another beautiful nymph, and vows to steal her away from Diana’s service.

When Erostrato sets Diana’s temple on fire, he thinks he has finally got the vengeance he was longing for, but Diana has far more firepower in her arsenal. She summons the three furies, Megera, Alecto, and Tesífone, and charges them to wreak her vengeance against the three who have betrayed her.

Based on the myth of Cephalus and Procris, Hidalgo’s Celos aun del aire matan is widely considered to be the first Spanish language opera, and builds on the work of Hidalgo’s contemporaries, such as Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi.

Day One

Scene 1

• ‘Esta, hermosa Diana’ - Pocris, Chorus, Aura, Nymphs
• ‘!Atadla! ?Que esperais?’ - Diana, Aura
• ‘Gemido es de mujer’ - Céfalo, Clarín
• ‘!Oh, tu, extranjero joven’ - Diana
• ‘En cuanto a que extranjero’ - Céfalo, Diana, Clarín, Aura, Nymphs
• ‘De tanto misterioso pasmo’ - Céfalo, Pocris
• ‘Bello prodigio aguarda’ - Céfalo, Clarín

Scene 2

• ‘Ya que dejó esparcida’ - Erostrato
• ‘Válgame el cielo’ - Rústico, Erostrato
• ‘Escucha: Persiguiendo fieras’ - Rústico
• ‘No prosigas, villano, calla.’ - Erostrato, Rústico
• ‘Desvanecida hermosura’ - Erostrato, Rústico
• ‘Furioso va, y no sé cierto’ - Rústico
• ‘Tú, Floreta, has de decirme’ - Diana, Rústico, Floreta
• ‘Ya que Diana se fue’ - Rústico, Floreta, Pocris
• ‘Sí, pues mi destino, a solo seguir’ - Céfalo, Clarín, Rústico, Pocris, Floreta
• ‘Ya que alada hija de Venus’ - Aura, Pocris, Céfalo
• ‘¿Y los dos en qué quedamos?’ - Clarín, Floreta

Day Two

Scene 1

• ‘Venid, moradores de Lidia, venid’ - Chorus, Erostratus
• ‘Sigue, Clarín, esa tropa’ - Céfalo, Clarín
• ‘Clarín, es un destino que induce’ - Céfalo
• ‘¿Si se habrán cansado ya’ - Rústico, Clarín,

Scene 2

• ‘Venid, moradores de Lidia, venid’ - Chorus, Diana, Erostrato
• ‘¿Quién, perturbando en tus aplausos’ - Aura
• ‘Traición en el templo hay’ - Diana, Erostrato, Céfalo, Clarín, Rústico
• ‘A todos miro, y en nadie’ - Diana, Erostrato, Clarín, Rústico, Chorus
• ‘Decís bien’ - Pocris, Céfalo, Aura

Scene 3

• ‘El templo cierran, y yo’ - Floreta, Clarín, Rústico
• ‘Clarín, ¿de qué das voces?’ - Céfalo, Clarín
• ‘Logrose mi atrevimiento’ - Erostato, Céfalo, Aura, Clarín

Scene 4

• ‘Moradores destos riscos’ - Chorus of Nymphs, Aura, Céfalo, Clarín, Pocris

Day Three

Scene 1

• ‘Ya que aqueste peñasco’ - Diana, Megera, Tesífone, Alecto

Scene 2

• ‘Mi bien, mi señor, mi esposo, mi dueño’ - Pocris, Céfalo, Clarín, Alecto, Chorus

Scene 3

• ‘Que si el aire diere celos’ - Eróstrato, Chorus
• ‘En efeto, no me atrevo a parecer’ - Rústico, Erostrato
• ‘Aquí, Clarín, queda’ - Céfalo, Clarín, Rústico, Aura
• ‘¿Pocris por quien muero, Aura por quien vivo?’ - Pocris
• ‘Dos zagalas venían’ - Clarín, Floreta, Rústico, Chorus
• ‘Pues por gozar tu favor’ - Céfalo, Pocris
• ‘¡Qué ansia!’ - Erostrato, Céfalo, Chorus, Aura, Tesífone
• ‘Deidad de nubes y estrellas…’ - Tesífone, Alecto, Megera, Diana, Rústico, Clarion, Aura, Pocris, Céfalo, Chorus