![]() ![]() In the Alcazar Palace of Seville. Alphonse thanks Fernand for his valor in battle and asks him what he would like as a prize. Alphonse refuses to give in, claiming his royal power, while Léonor asks him to revenge her honor. Their conversation is brusquely interrupted by the arrival of Balthazar, the Pope’s messenger, who curses the adulterous couple and threatens to excommunicate the King if he repudiates his Queen for his ‘favorite’. The latter confesses that she loves another, without revealing his name. ![]() As the ceremony begins, Don Gaspar delivers an anonymous love letter to the King normally addressed to Léonor. Alphonse urges her to have patience: she will soon know what her King has planned for her and invites her to participate by his side at the party celebrating the victory. She expresses to the King her shame and pain for being only his “favorite” although she thought she would become his wife. Léonor enters and learns from Inès of Fernand’s victories. But the courtiers are conspiring against Léonor, because Fernand loves her. In the Alcazar Palace of Seville. Alphonse and his officer Don Gaspar are discussing their great victory in the war against the Moors, in particular the heroic acts of Fernand, whom the King plans to honor before the entire court. Now Fernand believes he knows she is a lady of high rank while he is just a young stranger. Inès announces the arrival of the King of Castile, Alphonse XI. Léonor arrives and the two exchange words of love, but she refuses to tell him who she is, warning him that he should renounce her to save his honor. In vain, he asks Inès to reveal the name of her mistress. On the beach of the island of Léon. Inès, confidant of Léonor, the favorite of the King, sings and dances with her friends while awaiting the boat that will bring Fernand, who has been blindfolded, ashore. In vain, Balthazar tries to dissuade him, refuses to bless him, and predicts that one day he will return repented. Since then, whenever he prays to God, he sees the woman’s image and dreams of a destiny outside of the monastery walls. Fernand replies that his faith has been wavering since once in the church, a woman lovely as an angel kneeled to pray beside him. Balthazar notices that the young man is hesitating and asks the reason. In the monastery of Santiago de Compostela. The monks are entering the chapel, followed by the Father Superior Balthazar and the novice Fernand, who is about to take his vows. ![]()
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