Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule yaqala ukudayiswa Intandokazi, inoveli lapho U-Aurora Garcia Mateache, intatheli yaseNdlunkulu yephephandaba Isizathu, ilandisa ngendaba yothando phakathi kuka-Alfonso XII nomculi we-opera u-Elena Sanz.
Kule noveli yendaba, eyokuqala yombhali wayo futhi yashicilelwa ku- Umkhakha Wezincwadi, sizothola indaba yowesifazane owabeka lonke elaseYurophu ezinyaweni zakhe ngezwi lakhe, kwaze kwaba yilapho inkanuko yenkosi imlahla ukuthi athule.
Elena Sanz, indaba yakhe
Maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, e-hospice yaseLas Chicas de Leganés, u-Elena Sanz osemncane waphupha ukuthi, ngolunye usuku, wayezocula i-opera eTeatro Real eMadrid. Ithalente nobuhle bakhe kumenze wanqoba wonke amaphupho akhe. Ngenxa yezwi lakhe, wanqoba izigaba zayo yonke iYurophu, kusukela ebhokisini lobukhosi likaTsar Alexander II kuya enhliziyweni ka-Emilio Castelar, owamchaza njengonkulunkulu waseGibhithe owayebulewe ubuhle bakhe u-Antonio de Roma. Kodwa lokho uBella del Re angakaze akucabange ukuthi uzokwabelana ngesiphetho esibuhlungu somlingisi owamholela ekubeni adume: Intandokazi nguDonizetti. Njengomthandi ka-Alfonso XI, u-Elena waxoshwa ngenxa yothando lwenkosi, kulokhu u-Alfonso XII.
Babhajwe kuwebhu yokukhohlisa, umona, ukukhaphela kanye nezombusazwe eziphakeme, isivumelwano sanikeza izingane ezimbili ezingekho emthethweni enkosini eyadala ihlazo lomphakathi wangaleso sikhathi kanye nesifiso sobulungiswa senkosikazi eyodwa eyayinamandla kakhulu kulo lonke elaseYurophu, umphathi uMaria Cristina waseHabsburg. Akukho ukuqoshwa okwasala komlingo ezwini lakhe. Igama lakhe lavinjelwa. Kodwa indaba yakhe yothando, elahlwe ngaphambi kokuba azalwe, iyabikwa kabusha kule noveli uma kuqhathaniswa nokwenzeka ngemuva kweYurophu yase-Empress u-Eugenia de Montijo, uSofía Troubetzkoy, uCánovas del Castillo, u-Albéniz noConan Doyle.