Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal

About the show

After a disastrous campaign in Morocco, Dom Sébastien returns to Portugal disguised, while his uncle Antonio seizes the throne. Sébastien and Zayda are arrested, and Antonio forces Sébastien to sign away Portugal’s independence in exchange for Zayda’s freedom. They attempt to escape with the poet Camoëns, but the lovers fall to their deaths and the Spanish fleet appears.