Acis y Galatea

Acis y Galatea is a zarzuela by Antonio de Literes to a libretto by José de Cañizares.^[1] It was first performed on 19 December 1708 in Madrid at the theatre Real Coliseo del Buen Retiro [es] in the Buen Retiro Palace for the 25th birthday of King Philip V.^[2] It is based on Ovid's story of the Acis and Galatea myth in his Metamorphoses. The soprano aria "Confiado jilguerillo" [The confident goldfinch] is the opera's most popular number. A recording by Al Ayre Español was issued on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in 2001.