Before revision: The first opera ever written in the Americas was La púrpura de la rosa, by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, although Partenope, by the Mexican Manuel de Zumaya, was the first opera written from a composer born in Latin America (music now lost).
After revision: The first opera ever written in the Americas was La púrpura de la rosa, by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, a Peruvian composer born in Spain; a decade later, 1711's1701's Partenope, by the Mexican Manuel de Zumaya, was the first opera written from a composer born in Latin America (music now lost).