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The Revolting Maid (Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona)
in a new award-winning English translation
Theano Papadaki (soprano), Geroge Robarts (baritone), Oliver-John Ruthven (conductor), Sophie Daneman (director)
An award-winning pocket opera in two acts
"Laugh-out-loud funny... a wonderful, joyous evening" – Dame Felicity Lott
One English gentleman with more money than sense.
One mutinous chambermaid seeking a life of luxury.
One unsuspecting audience member. What can possibly go wrong?
The Revolting Maid is a new award-winning English translation of Pergolesi’s classic domestic farce La serva padrona. Wily chambermaid Medusa has had enough of her pompous and overbearing master, Sir Hubert. So she comes up with a masterplan: trick him into marrying her, so that she can take over the household and live a life of luxury on her own terms.
Directed by internationally acclaimed baroque specialist Sophie Daneman, and performed by rising stars Theano Papadaki and George Robarts, this high-tempo one-hour comedy is "entertaining, intelligible, and endlessly witty" (Michael Chance).
George Robarts's new English libretto won the John Dryden Translation Prize, and the production has been generously supported by the City Music Foundation and the Rosemary Joyce Suggate Trust.
Theano Papadaki - Soprano
George Robarts - baritone
ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
Dir. Oliver-John Ruthven
Sophie Daneman - director
Baroquestock pantry will be open during the interval serving wine, homemade focaccia & biscuits!
Our three-tier tickets are designed to offer you the opportunity to support us by paying what you are able to. Same seats, same music, same experience – but whatever you pay helps to make it happen.
Baroquestock Festival
Fri, 13 Nov 2026
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead 
7:00pm
Choose how much to pay! £15-20-25- ➕1 other performance
Full Event Details
THE REVOLTING MAID
An award-winning pocket opera in two acts
"Laugh-out-loud funny... a wonderful, joyous evening" – Dame Felicity Lott
One English gentleman with more money than sense.
One mutinous chambermaid seeking a life of luxury.
One unsuspecting audience member. What can possibly go wrong?
The Revolting Maid is a new award-winning English translation of Pergolesi’s classic domestic farce La serva padrona. Wily chambermaid Medusa has had enough of her pompous and overbearing master, Sir Hubert. So she comes up with a masterplan: trick him into marrying her, so that she can take over the household and live a life of luxury on her own terms.
Directed by internationally acclaimed baroque specialist Sophie Daneman, and performed by rising stars Theano Papadaki and George Robarts, this high-tempo one-hour comedy is "entertaining, intelligible, and endlessly witty" (Michael Chance).
George Robarts's new English libretto won the John Dryden Translation Prize, and the production has been generously supported by the City Music Foundation and the Rosemary Joyce Suggate Trust.
Theano Papadaki - Soprano
George Robarts - baritone
ISTANTE COLLECTIVE
Dir. Oliver-John Ruthven
Sophie Daneman - director
Baroquestock pantry will be open during the interval serving wine, homemade focaccia & biscuits!
Our three-tier tickets are designed to offer you the opportunity to support us by paying what you are able to. Same seats, same music, same experience – but whatever you pay helps to make it happen.
Venue Details & Map
Location
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
84 Heath Street, London, NW3 1DN
Other performances
In addition to the performance listed above, this concert will also be performed as follows:
