Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona (with English subtitles)

From the Luna Theater in Brussels (1996) La Serva Padrona Subscribe to EuroArts: Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Libretto: Gennaro Antonio Federico La serva padrona (The Servant Turned Mistress) is an opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 – 1736) to a libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, after the play by Jacopo Angello Nelli. The opera is only 45 minutes long and was originally performed as an intermezzo between the acts of a larger serious opera. Donato Di Stefano - Uberto Patrizia Biccirè - Serpina Stefano Di Lucca - Vespone Orchestra “La Petite Bande“ Sigiswald Kuijken - conductor Ferrucio Soleri - stage director Luisa Spinatelli - stage design & costumes Albert Faura - light design Dirk Gryspeirt - tv-director