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First performed on 24 May 1799 at London's Drury Lane theatre, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's operatic drama 'Pizarro' was a phenomenal success in its day. Freely adapted from an English translation of the German dramatist August von Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru (1796), and focused on the conquest of Peru by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (c. 1475 -1541), the play delighted the public with its steady appeal to patriotic and humanitarian sympathies, spectacular stage designs, and stirring music. |
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