Atlántida (Atlantis) is an opera (titled a 'cantata escénica') in a prologue and three parts, by Manuel de Falla, based on the Catalan poem L'Atlàntida by Jacint Verdaguer.

[1] Verdaguer brought together pre-history and history: a child (Christopher Columbus) is the sole survivor of a shipwreck of a Genoese boat off the Spanish coast.

The Hesperides die (ascending to the heavens as the Pleiades) and Alcide returns to Cádiz; he kills Geryon and sees the waters break over Mount Calpe and rush over Atlantis.

Still accompanied by the hermit, the adult Columbus dreams of unlocking the mystery of Atlantis and appeals to Queen Isabella of Spain who gives him jewels to pay for his venture.

[4] When finally completed, large extracts were performed in a concert version at the Liceu, Barcelona, in November 1961, conducted by Eduard Toldrà, with Victoria de los Ángeles as Isabella, and in Cádiz.

The following June it was presented in a staged production conducted by Thomas Schippers at La Scala, Milan, in Italian, with Lino Puglisi [it], Giulietta Simionato and Teresa Stratas and produced by Margherita Wallmann, (according to the Opera magazine reviewer this performance took three hours.