Francisco de Goya y Lucientes: Paseo de AndaluciaDon Jerome: Radko Korabov
Don Ferdinand: Valeri Shadura
Luisa: Blagovesta Karnobatlova
Duenna: Stanka Nikolova
Don Antonio: Trandafil Kazakov
Clara d'Almanza: Donka Shishmanova
Mendoza: Ranko Djulgerov
Don Carlos: Nikola Jordanov
Padre Augustin: Nikola Hadjiev
Padre Elustaf: Anton Kamburov
Lauretta: Anastasia Nikolova
Conductor: Boris CherpanskiVarna Opera, 1963, sung in Bulgarian
| Scene 1 | In a deal at Don Jerome's home, the wealthy, elderly Mendoza is promised Luisa's hand. Ferdinand arrives, bemoaning his frustrated love for Clara. His friend, Antonio, serenades Luisa who steps onto her balcony until papa Jerome retrieves her and expresses his wish that she marry Mendoza promptly. |
| Scene 2 | Luisa and her duenna plan for the girl to escape Mendoza for Antonio by means of a forged love letter (while the duenna has her eye on the elderly suitor herself). Don Jerome tries to assert parental rights, but his two children confound him Jerome snatches the letter from the duenna. In the confusion, Luisa disguises herself as the duenna and escapes the house. |
| Scene 1 | Mendoza and Don Carlos watch the activities at the port. Clara, escaping her home for a convent, meets Luisa and they exchange notes; Luisa assumes Clara's identity to confound Mendoza. She enlists him to carry a note to Antonio and in turn he has her taken to his home - where she realizes that he is only a merchant, not the nobleman she had supposed. |
| Scene 2 | Mendoza and Jerome laugh at the supposed Clara's foolish father. When Jerome finally leaves, Luisa - in fact, the duenna in disguise - emerges and conspires with Mendoza that the marriage proceed apace. Jerome returns, 'Luisa' exits, and the two men celebrate the arrangement. |
| Scene 3 | Carlos and Luisa (disguised as Clara) await Mendoza and Antonio; the old man spies on the meeting of the two lovers believing that she is Clara rather than his intended. As all celebrate what appear to be happy nuptials to follow, Carlos tells of his own frustrated love. |
| Scene 1 | During a musicale in which Don Jerome plays clarinet, the paterfamilias wonders at the planned elopement. He receives a note from Luisa asking permission to marry and replies with enthusiasm, planning the wedding banquet. |
| Scene 2 | Now in holy orders, Clara waits with Luisa and Antonio for Jerome's reply. Receiving it, the lovers run off and Ferdinand appears to confront his friend who has run off with his (supposed) Clara. Realizing the depth of Ferdinand's affection, Clara relents and chases after him. |
| Act IV | The monks carouse until Antonio and Mendoza interrupt, when piety is feigned. The two men persuade the monks and the Father Superior to assist in their wedding plans. Luisa, then Ferdinand and finally Clara rush in. Recognizing what has transpired, the Father Superior agrees to celebrate a triple wedding. Back at his home, Don Jerome awaits the happy couples' return to celebrate. Although the arrangements are not what he intended, Clara's wealth balances Antonio's poverty and he is content. |
