La Serva Padrona (A Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Opera Movie) [Import]
Audio in Italian. Optional Subtitles in English or French or Spanish or ItalianLa 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.This film was based upon this opera.  Though it is an intermezzo, because of its ingenious and comic libretto, nowadays "La Serva Padrona" is performed as a main opera. It is about the story of Serpina, a maid raisen by Uberto since she was a little child. As she becomes an adult, she fells in love with him and having Vespone as her accomplice, she sets a thousand tricks to get Uberto to marry her.