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The Revolting Maid
Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona
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.
‘Laugh-out-loud funny... a wonderful, joyous evening’ – Dame Felicity Lott
Programme:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi La serva padrona
Performers:
Theano Papadaki soprano
George Robarts baritone
Istante Collective
Oliver-John Ruthven conductor
Sophie Daneman director
The production has been generously supported by the City Music Foundation and the Rosemary Joyce Suggate Trust.
Baroquestock Festival
Fri, 13 Nov 2026
Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
7:00pm
Pay What You Can (from £15)- ➕1 other performance
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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.
‘Laugh-out-loud funny... a wonderful, joyous evening’ – Dame Felicity Lott
Programme:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi La serva padrona
Performers:
Theano Papadaki soprano
George Robarts baritone
Istante Collective
Oliver-John Ruthven conductor
Sophie Daneman director
The production has been generously supported by the City Music Foundation and the Rosemary Joyce Suggate Trust.
Venue Details & Map
Location
Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3
84 Heath Street, London NW3 1DN
Other performances
In addition to the performance listed above, this concert will also be performed as follows:
