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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segretoLive Recording from The Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1967sung in German as 'Die heimliche Ehe'
Josef Greindl (Geronimo), Erika Köth (Carolina), Lisa Otto (Elisetta), Patricia Johnson (Fidalma), Barry Mcdaniel (Graf Robinsone) & Donald Grobe (Paolino) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage director) Set & Costumes by FILIPPO SANJUST Staged by Gustav Rudolf Sellner, conducted by Lorin Maazel, with costumes by Filippo Sanjust and performed by the six soloists with consummate vocal elegance, Cimarosa’s Die heimliche Ehe offers unalloyed pleasure, triggering a kind of ecstasy with its combination of delicacy and opulence and its refined humour. It brings out Cimarosa’s musical mastery – but also the visual impact of the opera. Sound Format: PCM Mono Picture Format: 4:3 DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC Subtitles: DE (Original Language), GB, FR, ES, IT Running Time: 123 mins FSK: 0 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Cinzia Forte (Carolina), Priscille Laplace (Elisetta), Damiana Pinti (Fidalma), Alberto Rinaldi (Il signor Geronimo), Aldo Caputo (Paolino) & Mario Cassi (Il Conte Robinson) Orchestra Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) & Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera (director) Recorded at Opera Royal de Wallonie, Liège, Feb. 2008. Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto was a popular example of opera buffa in its day and one of the most successful operas of the eighteenth century. The libretto for the opera was based on the 1766 English comedy ‘The Clandestine Marriage’ by David Garrick and George Colman. This comic opera tells the story of Geronimo, a wealthy citizen of Bologna, who is trying to arrange aristocratic marriages for his two daughters, Carolina and Elisetta. What he doesn’t know is that his youngest daughter Carolina is already secretly married to Paolino, his young secretary. Through a series of humorous situations the young couple confess their marriage and all ends well. Picture Format: 16:9* * Only recording of Il matrimonio segreto made in 16:9 Sound Format: LPCM 2.0 Subtitles: IT/EN/G/FR/SP Running Time: 155 minutes Available Worldwide | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segretoStage Director: Filippo Crivelli
‘The greatest compliment for this production, both musically and visually, is that three hours was too short…’ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 164 Mins
SOUND: STEREO
SUBTITLES: EN
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Carlos Feller, Georgine Resick, Barbara Daniels, Marta Szirmay, David Kuebler, Claudio Nicolai Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra, Hilary Griffiths, stage direction by Michael Hampe Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Recorded in 1975/6. ‘It is, in fact, the polish of the ensemble work that is so striking in the present recording: the cast – in which there is not a weak member – sounds as if it had been used to working together for ages rather than assembled for the occasion, and the sheer lightness and clean balance of the ensemble singing, with no individual part ever protruding unduly, are most attractive features. Taken in conjunction with the neat, spring-heeled orchestral playing apparent right from the Overture, this represents a distinct feather in Barenboim’s cap.’ Gramophone, 1977 The Secret Marriage has become the only one of Domenico Cimaroso’s operas to hold the stage,and its survival is well deserved. Based on a play The Clandestine Marriage by David Garrick and George Coleman the Elder, it met with huge success staying in St Petersburg for a few years, and on his way back to Naples stopped in Vienna for a lengthy stay. Emperor Leopold II offered him lodgings and a salary, and very possibly asked him to write a new opera. The premiere took place on 7 February 1792, the very day that Leopold had signed a treaty with Prussia to oppose the French revolutionary government. Leopold was in the theatre, and after the thunderous reception had died down, the Emperor asked all the performers to join him for dinner, after which he commanded a repeat performance – a unique occurrence in the history of opera. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Orchestra of Eastern Netherlands, Gabriele Bellini | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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