Merlin is the last of the operas of Isaac Albéniz. It is in three acts, set to a libretto written in English by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer.
The composer in 1901, four years after he began the opera
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his contemporaries and younger composers. He is best known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music idioms. Isaac Albéniz was close to the Generation of '98.
Albéniz in 1901
Albéniz with his daughter, Laura
Ex libris Isaac Albéniz by Ismael Smith, around 1921
Albéniz, a drawing by Ramon Casas (MNAC)