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Cimarosa - Il Matrimonio Segreto         | Brilliant Classics 93962

Cimarosa - Il Matrimonio Segreto

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93962

Barcode: 5028421939629

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 26th October 2009

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Contents

Artists

Arleen Auger
Julia Varady
Julia Hamari
Ryland Davies
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Alberto Rinaldi
English Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Daniel Barenboim

Works

Cimarosa, Domenico

Il matrimonio segreto

Artists

Arleen Auger
Julia Varady
Julia Hamari
Ryland Davies
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Alberto Rinaldi
English Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Daniel Barenboim

About

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. 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.

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

Recorded in 1975/6.

Cast:
- Arleen Augér: Carolina
- Julia Varady: Elisetta
- Julia Hamari: Fidalma
- Ryland Davies: Paolino
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Geronimo
- Alberto Rinaldi: Count Robinson

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