Le tribut de Zamora

About the show

On the wedding day of Xaïma and Manoël, Ben-Saïd arrives to demand twenty virgins as tribute after the Moors’ victory at Zamora. Xaïma and her friend Iglésia are selected. Manoël follows Xaïma in disguise, but Ben-Saïd wins her at auction. Hermosa, a madwoman taken captive in the battle, helps Manoël and later recognizes Xaïma as her daughter. When Ben-Saïd refuses to spare Xaïma, Hermosa kills him with Manoël’s dagger. Hadjar pardons Hermosa on the grounds of insanity.