Lovelier than a thousand kisses,smoother than muscatel wine.
Coffee, I must have coffee.
And if anyone wants
to give me a treat,
just give me some coffee!
If you don’t give up coffee, you
won’t be going to any weddings
and you won’t go out walking
either.
Alright then!Just leave me my
coffee!
I’ll get the little minx now.
I won’t buy you the latest fashions.
I can easily do without that.
You’re not to stand at the
windowand you won’t
see anyone going by!
I don’t mind that either.
But please, I beg you,
just let me keep my coffee!
What’s more you won’t get from meany silver or gold
ribbons to put on your
bonnet!
That’s fine! Just leave me my
pleasure!
You’re impossible, Lieschen!
You would give up everything
I say?
Girls are so stubborn once
they've made up their minds about
something.
But if you hit the right spot,
oh then you’re in luck.
Now follow what your father
says!
In everything else, but not
coffee.
Well then! You must get
used to the ideathat you won’t have a husband
either.
Oh yes! Father, a husband!
I swear, that won’t happen.
Until I give up coffee?
Right! Coffee, remain forever
untouched.
Father, listen, I won’t drink any
at all.
Then you’ll have a husband!
This very day, dear father, do it now!
Ah, a husband!That’s just right
for me!
If only it could happen at once,so that at last
instead of coffee…
…before I go to bed
I could get a lusty lover!
This very day, dear father, do it now!
Ah, a husband!That’s just right
for me!
Now old Schlendrian goes
off and looks out
for his daughter Lieschen…
to see if he can get her
a husband soon.
But Lieschen lets it be
secretly known:
No suitor of mine should come to
the houseunless he himself has promised…
…and it is written also in the marriage contract…
…that I shall be permitted
to make coffee whenever I want.
The cat will always chase
mice,and young ladies
will remain addicted to
coffee.
The mother loves her cup of coffee,the grandmother
drinks it too.
Who can blame the daughters!
The End
THE
END
VisitSchlendrian Caffee
in the lobby
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Wine Cookies
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Bel Cantanti Opera
presents
Serpina:
Megan McCall
Uberto:
Andrew Potter
Vespone:
Andrew Hann
La Serva Padrona
The Servant Mistress
To wait and not to come,
to be in bed and not to sleep,
to serve and not to please…
Isn’t it enough to make one die?
It is a disgrace to me.
I wait for three hours,
and my servant does not care
to bring my chocolate
while I am in a hurry to go out.
Serpina!
She's coming tomorrow.
What do you have to say
for yourself? Fool!
Go break your neck.
Make haste, see what she's doing.
Have you finished?
You dare to scold me?
Brava!
Come back! I'm not in a hurry
even if the master is.
Bravissima!
You really try my patience.
I'll teach you a lesson!
Stop! What's the
matter with you? Serpina!
Let me teach that rascal
some manners.
But in the master's
presence?
Just because I am a servant, must I be
overburdened? Must I be
maltreated? No, sir.
I want to be respected, I want to be revered, as if I were mistress,
head mistress, the highest of mistresses!
What in the devil is the matter with
you, Your Excellence? Let's hear it. What was the
trouble?
That impertinent fellow…
Him?
"Come to me..."
He said that?
And in such an improper way!
He did? Curse you!
But he'll pay for it.
I sent him to you.
What for?
What for? Didn't I ask you
for chocolate?
So?
Must I die waiting for you to bring it
to me?
And when do you want it?
When? Now.
Now? It's almost lunchtime.
So?
So I won't make it. You can do
without it, dear sir. And you’ll
keep quiet about it, too.
Vespone, since it seems I have
already had my hot chocolate,
can you wish me "Bon Apetit"?
What is the fool laughing at?
At me, who has more patience than a beast of
burden.
But I will not be a beast,
I will not be patient.
I'll shake off the yoke,
and I’ll do what I have never done
before!
I am ever quarrelling with you, here and
there, and up and down, and yes
and no.
Now it's enough! Now it must end!
But what do you think?
That I will drop dead for her?
No, my good sir, no.
I am ever quarrelling with
you...Now it's enough!
Now it must end...
But what do you think?
That I will drop dead for her?
No, my good sir, no...
You shall weep at your disgrace, and then you'll
realize how good you had it here.
What do you say? Is it not so? Ah!
No! But so it goes!
Must I be insulted
for waiting on you?
Do you hear her?
You are making fun of me.
I am going to get angry.
Don't be angry. You are right.
You don't know what to say?
Go and get me my hat
and my scarf. I want to go out.
That's not a good idea.
Why do you have to interfere with
my business?
I don't want you to go out now.
It is noon. Where do you want to go?
Go and undress.
Oh what great misery
you cause me...
That's all I needed to hear.
You are not going anywhere.
I'm locking the door.
But this seems to me
the greatest impertinence.
Well then, keep ringing.
Serpina, do you know that you make my head
split?
My poor little man,
you play the proud one,
but it won't help you any.
You must remain quiet
when I say so and not speak.
Serpina wants it so!
I believe you understand me,
for you have known me
for a long time.
My poor little man,
you play the proud one,
but it won't help you any.
You must remain quiet
when I say so and not speak.
Serpina wants it so!
Very well. Did you
understand?
Now go put everything
back in its place. My mistress
doesn't want me to go out.
Indeed.
Go, child.
You mean wife.
O stars! O fate! This is death for
me.
Dead or alive, this must be.
I have made up my mind.
Oh, she's a devil.
I know it by your eyes,
your roguish, wicked eyes. You say no,
but you really mean yes.
Young lady, you're mistaken. You fly too high. My eyes and I say
no. And this yes is but a dream.
But why? Am I not pretty,
graceful and vivacious?
Just look what grace, see what
spirit, what majesty.
(There she goes, tempting me.)
(He's going to fall.)
Let's do it, sir.
Go away.
Make up your mind.
You're mad.
My affections are for you,
and you must marry me.
Oh, what troubles I have!
Now that you have gone over to my side, use all your talents,
Vespone.
If our deceit has its effect,
if I become the master's wife,
you ask anything of me
and you shall have it.
You'll be the second master, I promise you.
(Go hide now. Come out when
it's time.)
Wha… what is happening?
I have found a husband.
May you have good luck.
And did you find him
as quickly as you said it?
The sooner the better.
Good! May I know who he is?
He was in the army.
That's fine. What's his name?
Captain Storm.
What an ugly name.
And his character matches the name. He is a little moody.
That's bad.
Or rather, he's a lunatic.
Still worse.
He is quick to anger.
That's dreadful.
And when he is angry
he ruins things, he throws them
across the room, he destroys everything.
You won't like that,
your ladyship.
Why not?
If you're so capricious as a
servant, imagine what
you'll be like as a wife.
Without doubt Captain Storm will get angry,
and there will be beatings.
I will think about that later.
I'll be sorry to see that.
After all, I am rather fond of
you.
Much obliged.
In the meantime, take good care of
yourself.
And don't forget Serpina.
May heaven forgive you
for having been so haughty.
Think sometimes of Serpina.
Some day you will say...
Ah, poor thing!
She once was dear to me.
(It seems to me that gradually he is starting to
soften.)
And if I was impertinent, forgive me.
I behaved wickedly,
and now I see it.
(He is holding my hand.
It couldn't be better.)
Do you want to meet
my husband?
Go.
With your permission.
What confusion!
I am all perplexed.
I have something in my heart, I don't know what: love or
pity...
I feel something that says:
“Uberto, think of yourself.”
I hesitate between yes and
no, between wanting and not
wanting.
And I grow more and more perplexed.
Ah, unhappy, wretched am I,
what will become of me!
I am all perplexed.
I have something in my heart, I don't know what: love or