The fire eagle

The fire eagle is a musical magazine premiered at the Teatro Maravillas in Madrid on January 19, 1956. The composition was by Francis López.

Argument

Count Claudio Ponteli is an aristocrat who is attacked by a strange fire eagle on a hunt. The innkeeper of the shelter where he lodges narrates the legend of an ancestor of the count who after returning from a war murdered his wife and a girl who accompanied her, believing her the daughter of an infidelity. Since then, the girl has been wandering in the moors of the area, with a female body during the day and a ferocious bird of prey at night, attacking the descendants of the saga that killed her. Claudius then decides to find the creature, who can only overcome the hex if one of the descendants of the initial Polenti dies or falls in love with it. Celinda, the girl, agrees to Claudio's proposal to accompany her in society. Both end up in love, thus breaking the spell. Music Numbers Distribution

The work premiered with Celia Gámez at the head of the cast, accompanied by Lalo Maura, Manolito Diaz, Olvido Rodríguez, Pepe Bárcenas and Licia Calderón.

The Spanish television version of the Spanish musical comedy (1985) featured Concha Velasco, Paco Valladares, Pedro Osinaga, Rosa Valenty, Mayrata O'Wisiedo and Francisco Cecilio.

On October 26, 1995, a new version was also broadcast on TVE, in this case with María José Cantudo, María Abradelo, Alberto Closas Jr., Juan Carlos Gascón, Emilio Linder and Miguel de Grandy.

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