Don Álvaro, o, La fuerza del Sino

by Angel de Saavedra Rivas

"Don Álvaro, o, La fuerza del Sino" by duque de Angel de Saavedra Rivas is a play premiered in 1835. This landmark work of Spanish Romanticism follows the mysterious Don Álvaro, whose forbidden love for the aristocratic Leonor leads to a chain of fatal accidents. When a pistol discharges unexpectedly, killing her father, the lovers are torn apart and pursued by vengeance. Across Spain and Italy, Don Álvaro desperately seeks escape from his tragic fate, but death follows him relentlessly, claiming everyone he holds dear.