Giralda ou La nouvelle psyché

Giralda ou La nouvelle psyché is an opéra comique with music by Adolphe Adam and a text by Eugène Scribe.

This is Don Manoël, who bribes Ginès, who really only wants to marry Giralda for her dowry, with twice the sum he is expecting, to take his place at the marriage altar.

When he learns that the royal couple has arrived however, Don Manoël, who has committed a political crime and must stay incognito, runs away.

Eventually Don Manoël returns, the Queen pardons his political offence, and he can pronounce himself the happy husband of Giralda.

[1][2] The overture contains a lively fandango and there is a chorus in the first act accompanied by castanets, giving local Spanish colour.