(
Master Peter's Puppet Show) is a puppet-
opera in one act with a
prologue and
epilogue, composed by
Manuel de Falla to a Spanish
libretto based on an episode from
Don Quixote by
Miguel de Cervantes. The libretto is an abbreviation of chapter 26 of the second part of
Don Quixote, with some lines added from other parts of the work. Falla composed this opera "in devoted homage to the glory of Miguel de Cervantes" and dedicated it to the
Princess de Polignac, who commissioned the work. Because of its brief length by operatic standards (about 27 minutes), its very challenging part for a boy opera performer (who has by far the most lines), and its use of puppets, it is not part of the standard operatic repertoire.