 Don Quixote enthusiastically agrees and, placing it on his head, orders Sancho to bring him his armour, sword and spear, and to make ready his horse, Rocinante.Act I

"A market-place in Barcelona"

Kitri, an inn-keeper's daughter, steals out of her house to meet her beloved, the barber Basilio.Her father, Lorenzo, sees the lovers and sends Basilio away, bringing Kitri to tears.