La Serva Padrona - Revision history

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 : The [[Federation of Music Societies (Eastern Cape)]] by arrangement with the [[University of Cape Town]], presented ''[[The Maid Turned Mistress]]'' in Port Elizabeth from April 28 till May 1, 1952, in [[Kingwilliamstown]] on May 3, 1952, in [[Umtata]] on May 5, 1952, [[Queenstown]] from May 6 – 8, 1952, and [[Grahamstown]] on May 10, 1952. The production had a cast that included [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Uberto), [[Nellie do Toit]] (Serpina), and [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Vespone).
-: ''[[The Maid Turned Mistress]]'' produced by [[Lara Bye]] with [[Monique Welch]], [[Mgoni Mtombenu]], [[Christiaan Snyman]] and [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]] and the [[Jozi Dance Company]] choreographed by [[Esther Nasser]] at the [[KKNK]].
+: ''[[The Maid Turned Mistress]]'' produced by [[Lara Bye]] with [[Monique Welch]], [[Mgoni Mtombenu]], [[Christiaan Snyman]] and [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]] and the [[Jozi Dance Company]] choreographed by [[Esther Nasser]] at the [[KKNK]]. Also presented at the [[Suidoosterfees]] at [[Artscape]] (February 2008).
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 : The [[Federation of Music Societies (Eastern Cape)]] by arrangement with the [[University of Cape Town]], presented ''[[The Maid Turned Mistress]]'' in Port Elizabeth from April 28 till May 1, 1952, in [[Kingwilliamstown]] on May 3, 1952, in [[Umtata]] on May 5, 1952, [[Queenstown]] from May 6 – 8, 1952, and [[Grahamstown]] on May 10, 1952. The production had a cast that included [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Uberto), [[Nellie do Toit]] (Serpina), and [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Vespone).
-: Produced by [[Lara Bye]] with [[Monique Welch]], [[Mgoni Mtombenu]], [[Christiaan Snyman]] and [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]] and the [[Jozi Dance Company]] choreographed by [[Esther Nasser]] at the [[KKNK]].
+: ''[[The Maid Turned Mistress]]'' produced by [[Lara Bye]] with [[Monique Welch]], [[Mgoni Mtombenu]], [[Christiaan Snyman]] and [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]] and the [[Jozi Dance Company]] choreographed by [[Esther Nasser]] at the [[KKNK]].
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-: The [[Federation of Music Societies (Eastern Cape)]] by arrangement with the [[University of Cape Town]], presented ''[[The Maid Turned Servant]]'' in Port Elizabeth from April 28 till May 1, 1952, in [[Kingwilliamstown]] on May 3, 1952, in [[Umtata]] on May 5, 1952, [[Queenstown]] from May 6 – 8, 1952, and [[Grahamstown]] on May 10, 1952. The production had a cast that included [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Uberto), [[Nellie do Toit]] (Serpina), and [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Vespone). Produced by [[Lara Bye]] with [[Monique Welch]], [[Mgoni Mtombenu]], [[Christiaan Snyman]] and [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]] and the [[Jozi Dance Company]] choreographed by [[Esther Nasser]] at the [[KKNK]] in 2008.
+: The [[Federation of Music Societies (Eastern Cape)]] by arrangement with the [[University of Cape Town]], presented ''[[The Maid Turned Mistress]]'' in Port Elizabeth from April 28 till May 1, 1952, in [[Kingwilliamstown]] on May 3, 1952, in [[Umtata]] on May 5, 1952, [[Queenstown]] from May 6 – 8, 1952, and [[Grahamstown]] on May 10, 1952. The production had a cast that included [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Uberto), [[Nellie do Toit]] (Serpina), and [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Vespone).
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 == The original text ==
-''[[La Serva Padrona]]''  the oldest comic opera (or “Intermezzo” as it was then called) to still be staged today, was first performed in 1733. When it was again staged in Paris in 1753, it played an important role in the “Guerre des Bouffons,” (the musical war) being waged between the protagonists of the French national opera and those of the simpler, more light-hearted Italian-type comic opera.
+''[[La Serva Padrona]]'', the oldest comic opera (or “Intermezzo” as it was then called) to still be staged today, was first performed in 1733. When it was again staged in Paris in 1753, it played an important role in the “Guerre des Bouffons,” (the musical war) being waged between the protagonists of the French national opera and those of the simpler, more light-hearted Italian-type comic opera.
 When the curtain opens we find Uberto bemoaning his fate. “I am employing Serpina to keep my house in order,” he sings, “but she does just as she pleases.”

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−	''[[La Serva Padrona]]'' is a comic opera in two acts by [[G. Federico]] and [[G.B. Pergolesi]].	+	''[[La Serva Padrona]]'' is a comic opera in two acts by G. Federico and G.B. Pergolesi.