Il Matrimonio Segreto

[MickyD]

I remember seeing an excellent production of this at Sandler's Wells...either in the late seventies or early eighties, the band being the London Classical Players but I can't remember the conductor.
But I do remember it being great fun with an enjoyable score by Cimarosa.
Daniel Barenboim recorded it for DG, but I think we really could do with a new HIPP recording. Someone like Christophe Rousset at the helm would be just fine, in my opinion.

[smittims]

Is it the same libretto as Rossini's 'cambiale di Matrimonio'?

[MickyD]

I'm ashamed to say I've no idea, Smittims!

[french frank]

Is it the same libretto as Rossini's 'cambiale di Matrimonio'?

No, the Cimarosa work was based on the Colman/Garrick play The Clandestine Marriage, with a libretto by Giovanni Bertati. Rossini's was based on a play by Camillo Federici, libretto by Gaetano Rossi.

Wikipedia dixit.