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.

Cast:
- Geronimo: Josef Greindl
- Carolina: Erika Köth
- Elisetta: Lisa Otto
- Fidalma: Patricia Johnson
- Graf Robinsone: Barry McDaniel
- Paolino: Donald Grobe

Stage Director: Gustav Rudolf Sellner
Set & Costumes: Filippo Sanjust

“The music-making is wonderful, with Lorin Maazel creating a perfection of sound with great élan. Erika Köth as the leading soprano converts every cantilena into a celebration, and Josef Greindl‘s bass displays all the suppleness that has been so admired in his Mozart performances. Donald Grobe is a suitably fiery but refined tenor, and Barry McDaniel a softly enunciating baritone. [...] As an ensemble they are a pure pleasure to listen to.” - Der Tagesspiegel

Live recording from the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1967.

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
Region Code: 0
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