Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Jacinto Guerrero (16 August 1895 Ajofrín, Toledo, Spain – 15 September 1951 Madrid, Spain), was a prolific composer of zarzuelas and revues, as well as some orchestral compositions.

Guerrero was educated at the choir school in Toledo and Madrid Royal Conservatory. Amongst his best-known works are:

• La montería (The Hunt, 1923)
• Los gavilanes (The Sparrowhawks, 1924)
• El huésped del sevillano (The Guest at the Sevillano Inn, 1926)
• La rosa del azafrán (The Saffron Rose, 1930)

• Bound for Cairo (1935)
• Currito of the Cross (1936)

• Biographical Page
• Los gavilanes synopsis
• El huésped del Sevillano synopsis
• La montería synopsis
• La rosa del azafrán synopsis

• Zarzuela.net