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The Marquis marries Grisélidis, leaving her former suitor Alain heartbroken. As he departs on Crusade, the Devil wagers that he can make Grisélidis unfaithful. Disguised, he presents the Marquis’s ring as proof of rejection, conjures a garden to tempt her with Alain, and steals her son Loÿs. On returning, the Marquis recognizes the Devil’s deception and reunites with his wife; the child is restored.
The opera depicts Henry VIII’s attempt to divorce Catherine of Aragon so that he can marry Anne Boleyn, a move opposed by the Church. Its libretto is based on Calderón’s play El cisma en Inglaterra.
The Marquis marries Grisélidis, leaving her former suitor Alain heartbroken. As he departs on Crusade, the Devil wagers that he can make Grisélidis unfaithful. Disguised, he presents the Marquis’s ring as proof of rejection, conjures a garden to tempt her with Alain, and steals her son Loÿs. On returning, the Marquis recognizes the Devil’s deception and reunites with his wife; the child is restored.
The opera depicts Henry VIII’s attempt to divorce Catherine of Aragon so that he can marry Anne Boleyn, a move opposed by the Church. Its libretto is based on Calderón’s play El cisma en Inglaterra.