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World premiere by Ballet Nacional de España on the 27th of December, 1986, Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid, Spain).
Salvador el Taranto, a poor gypsy whom women find outrageously handsome, is murdered by the Picaos, retainers of the wealthy gypsy Camison, a former friend of the Taranto father, because Soledad, the women both men wooed, favored the poor gypsy over the rich one. Soledad, Taranto´s widow and a former flamenco dancer, teaches her children her dancing skills and makes a living with them dancing in the streets. The two families has sworn eternal hatred to each other, but with the passing time, the favourite son of the Taranto´s widow Soledad and Camison´s only daughter fall in love not knowing who the other is. When the two families find out, Taranto´s widow Soledad consents to her son´s love affair with the daughter of his father´s murderer. But Camison persists in his hatred of the Tarantos. This hatred will turn the two so very young gypsy lovers into two figures of tragedy.
Choreography: Felipe Sánchez
Music: Paco de Lucía (original)
J. Albert Amargos (orchestration)
Costume Design: Candy Román
Set Design: Candy Román
Libretto: Alfredo Mañas (preexistent)
Lighting Design: Federico Gerlache