
El Curioso Impertinente
An Opera in Three Acts
by William Call
Story/Libretto by Miguel de Cervantes
Meet the Characters
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Anselmo
Friend of Lotario
Husband of Camila

Camila
Wife of Anselmo
Friend of Lotario

Lotario
Friend of Anselmo
Friend of Camila
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Leonela
Maid of Camila
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El Cura
Priest
Reader / Narrator
About the Author
Meet the Author/Librettist

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
1547-1616
Spain's most celebrated author.
Published Don Quijote de la Mancha c. 1600, in which he interpolated the novella, "El Curioso Impertinente."
Meet the Cast
Meet the Cast

Jonah Hoskins
Tenor,
Lotario

Celena Shafer
Soprano,
Camila

Christofer Holmes
Bass,
Anselmo
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Stephen Pace
Baritone,
Priest/Narrator

Demaree Brown
Mezzo-Soprano,
Leonela
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ACT 1
Anselmo and Lotario are two friends. Anselmo falls in love with Camila and the two are married. Anselmo reveals to his friend that he has a secret desire to test Camila’s fidelity and wants Lotario to be the one to prove her. Lotario sees the folly of such an undertaking but eventually agrees to his friend’s request. At first he only pretends to woo Camila, but when Anselmo catches him making false claims, Lotario agrees to proceed in earnest. When he is alone with his friend’s wife, he discovers what a beautiful woman she is, becoming enamored and making advances that are less feigned than real. Camila is shocked. She vows to protect her virtue at all costs. Her maid Leonela warns against overconfidence. Eventually Lotario’s pleadings have their effect, and Camila succumbs to his persuasions.

ACT 2
When Anselmo returns Lotario reassures him: his wife has overcome all temptations and remains faithful. Meanwhile, Leonela informs her mistress that she too has a “friend,” who as Camila discovers, is allowed into her room at night. When Lotario sees a man leaving the house early in the morning, he believes Camila has taken another lover. Jealous, he reveals to Anselmo that Camila has invited him to her bedroom. Anselmo agrees to hide behind the arras to observe “the action.” But then, when Lotario learns that the man was Leonela&rsquo