Word: inquisitor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Just as Farina and Don Manuel, still in the disguise of Carlos, are about to elope, the Inquisitor pounces upon them, and puts a stop to proceedings in short order by locking up the supposed gypsy...
...Abdela returns to press matters with unhappy Grand Inquisitor, who as a last extreme produces the disguised Alcayde as the real Don Manuel, and bids the preparations for the wedding proceed. At this juncture the appearance of the drunken Carlos, in the garb of the Alcayde, makes matters all the more complicated and intricate...
...spite of the ever-watchful Inquisitor, Don Manuel, still disguised as Carlos, succeeds in eloping with Farina, and the pair make their way to the gypsy camp. More complications ensue, when the pseudo Carlos announces his intention of marrying Farina. Preparations for the wedding at length are made, when suddenly Gitana, the wife of the erring Carlos, and his not over-amiable mother-in-law appear, and makes matters extremely interesting for the gypsy...
...Grand Inquisitor gets into no end of hot water with the fierce Moor and his disappointed sister, Kazooka, and it takes much diplomacy to finally straighten matters out. The exchange of clothes between Don Manuel and Carlos, which has been the cause of so much trouble, is at length discovered...
...final denouement, the fierce Abu Abdela, at the point of the sword, makes the Grand Inquisitor take Kazooka for his bride, much to the stately official's chagrin, while Gitana and her mother lead off poor Carlos by the ears. The ending, like that of all comic operas, is, of course, most happy, and Don Manuel, the virtuous Alcayde finally wins the hand of the orphan maid, Farina...