La Serva Padrona

演出简介

"La Serva Padrona", an opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, will be presented in the intimate setting of St. Mark's Anglican Church by two singers and an actor in costume, accompanied by piano.

Uberto, an elderly bachelor, is angry and impatient with his maidservant, Serpina, because she has not brought him his chocolate today. Serpina has become so arrogant that she thinks she is the mistress of the household. Indeed, when Uberto calls for his hat, wig and coat, Serpina forbids him from leaving the house, adding that from then on he will have to obey her orders. Uberto thereupon orders his servant Vespone to find him a woman to marry so that he can rid himself of Serpina. But Serpina tries to convince Vespone to trick Uberto into marrying her.

An explanation and summary of the plot in English precedes each act.

Uberto – Romano Martinuzzi
Serpina –  Sarah Chirici
Vespone  -  Paolo Spennato
Piano – Cristiano Manzoni