Aurora was the first Argentine opera to be commissioned for the inaugural season of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where it premiered on 5 September 1908.
The main tenor aria, "Alta en el cielo" ("High in the sky"), from the intermedio épico at the finale of Act 2 was used as a national hymn to the Argentine flag.
What not many people know is that the Spanish lyrics are a poor translation of the original Italian text, so many lines are obscure and hard to make sense of.
The novices Marioan and Raymundo meet and discover a piece of paper that reads "Young people, greet Aurora!"
In the church and convent of the Company of Jesus, in Córdoba, there are the novices Mariano and Raymundo, who find a piece of paper that reads: Young people: Greetings to the dawn that arises in the sky of the Homeland!