El Mercurio galante

operetta by Peralta Barnuevo

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In Latin American literature: Plays
…best of the latter is El Mercurio galante (“The Gallant Mercury”), an operetta performed in 1720 between the acts of Afectos vencen finezas (“Feelings Conquer Finery”). A spoof of the courting devices of Spaniards from different kingdoms, El Mercurio galante was Peralta’s rejoinder to the tales of Spanish suitors and…
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