Le Maître de Santiago

Don Alvaro Dabo, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, outraged by the behavior of the conquistadors, refuses during a council gathering the Order's last knights to take part in the conquest of the New World. Alvaro suffers seeing the knights drift away from moral order and criticizes the main motives behind these expeditions which, in his view, are guided solely by personal ambition and the desire for enrichment.

Alvaro's words precipitate the collapse of the already fragile Order. Don Bernal, Alvaro's best friend, then decides, with the consent of Alvaro's daughter Mariana, to devise a deception...

Costumes: Catherine Lainard

Lighting and sets: Patrice Le Cadre