Bastien und Bastienne to perform of Mozart's juvenile works. Bastienne, a shepherdess, fears that her "dearest friend", Bastien, has forsaken her for another pretty face, and decides to go into the pasture to be comforted by her flock of lambs. Before she can leave, however, she runs into Colas, the village soothsayer. Bastienne requests the help of his magical powers to help win back her Bastien. Colas (being a soothsayer) knows all about the problem, and comforts her with the knowledge that Bastien has not abandoned her, rather, he's merely been distracted lately by 'the lady of the manor'. His advice is to
The Mistress of the Inn giocoso". In 1800 the German composer Simon Mayr and Italian librettist Gaetano Rossi adapted it as a two-act "dramma giocoso". The American composer Henry Kimball Hadley adapted it as a one-act comic opera called "Bianca", which was first performed in 1918. Bohuslav Martinů also produced an operatic version, his three-act "Mirandolina", which was first performed in 1959. The play was also adapted into several films, notably Paolo Cavara's "La locandiera" and Tinto Brass' "Miranda". The Mistress of the Inn The Mistress of the Inn ( ), also translated as "The Innkeeper Woman" or "Mirandolina" (after the play's main character), is