La serva padrona

About the show

The maid Serpina has become so assertive that her employer, the elderly bachelor Uberto, orders his servant Vespone to find him a wife. Serpina and Vespone trick Uberto by having Vespone pose as a suitor who demands a large dowry. Uberto agrees to marry Serpina, then realizes he loves her and accepts her as mistress of the household.