Fortunas de Andromeda y Perseo es una obra del escritor Pedro Calderon de la Barca estrenada el 18 de mayo de 1653 en el Coliseo (Palacio del Buen Retiro de Madrid). Posiblemente tuviese musica de Juan Hidalgo, aunque la colaboracion entre musico y escritor seria importante a partir de 1658. La escenografia fue creada por Baccio del Bianco. Consta de Loa y tres actos. El espectaculo fue promovido por la infanta Maria Teresa para festejar la recuperacion de la reina Mariana. Se trata de una semi-opera, es decir, una obra teatral con elevado tono moral, simbolismo y un claro mensaje politico en...

Life Is a Dream (Spanish: La vida es sueno is a Spanish-language play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. First published in 1635 (or possibly in early 1636), it is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. The play has been described as "the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama." The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King. Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca y Barreda Gonzalez de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riano, usually referred as Pedro Calderon de la Barca; 17 January 1600 - 25 May 1681), was a dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. During certain periods of his life he was also a soldier and a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre. As such, he is regarded as one of Spain's foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of world literature."

Pedro Calderon de la Barca, (born Jan. 17, 1600, Madrid, Spain-died May 25, 1681, Madrid), dramatist and poet who succeeded Lope de Vega as the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age. Among his best-known secular dramas are El medico de su honra (1635; The Surgeon of His Honour), La vida es sueno (1635; Life Is a Dream), El alcalde de Zalamea (c. 1640; The Mayor of Zalamea), and La hija del aire (1653; "The Daughter of the Air"), sometimes considered his masterpiece. He also wrote operas and plays with religious and mythological themes."

El alcalde de Zalamea es una obra dramatica de Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), escrita presumiblemente en 1636. Es una de las obras mas conocidas y representadas del Siglo de Oro de la literatura espanola. Se encuadra dentro de la literatura barroca y se clasifica como un drama de honor. Trata de contraponer, al reflejo de las preocupaciones de la Edad Moderna, el individuo al poder politico. Tambien se enfrenta el honor estamental a la virtud personal y por ultimo, sociologicamente personifica el equilibrio de poder en el municipio moderno."