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Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto: elegance and modernity resonate in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 15 June 2025

What makes Stéphane Braunschweig's production exceptional is its ability to reveal the opera's beating heart without resorting to didacticism.

*****

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*****

Naples

16 Jun 2025

Il matrimonio segreto: elegance and modernity resonate in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

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Cleveland

Víkingur Ólafsson makes Cleveland debut in mesmerizing recital

By Sam Jacobson, 30 November 2022

Víkingur Ólafsson offers remarkable interpretations of major works of Mozart, placed alongside lesser-known pieces by four of the composer’s most important contemporaries for a memorable recital.

*****

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*****

Cleveland

03 Dec 2022

Víkingur Ólafsson makes Cleveland debut in mesmerizing recital

By Sam Jacobson

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Milan

A young, fresh cast enlivens Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto at La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 19 September 2022

The Accademia programme at La Scala presents Cimarosa’s masterpiece with a brilliant young cast of students, led by veteran Pietro Spagnoli, with Ottavio Dantone at the baton.

***11

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***11

Milan

21 Sep 2022

A young, fresh cast enlivens Il matrimonio segreto at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

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London

“Wolfie and co” from Víkingur Ólafsson at the QEH

By Chris Garlick, 02 October 2021

A carefully curated concert by the effervescent Icelandic pianist, Víkingur Ólafsson, of music by Mozart and his contemporaries.

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****1

London

03 Oct 2021

“Wolfie and co” from Víkingur Ólafsson at the QEH

By Chris Garlick

Martina Franca

Secret affairs in an Italian summer: Cimarosa's Matrimonio segreto at Martina Franca

By David Karlin, 03 August 2019

The best-laid plans go astray when the noble Count Robinson falls for the wrong sister, setting up a lovely night of opera.

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Martina Franca

04 Aug 2019

Secrets in an Italian summer: Cimarosa's Matrimonio segreto

By David Karlin

London

Tender and mischievous: Andreas Ottensamer and José Gallardo shine at Wigmore Hall

By Elisabeth Schwarz, 06 July 2017

Ottensamer shared the stage at Wigmore Hall with pianist José Gallardo and together they took it by storm with the erupting scalar passages in the first movement of Weber’s Grand Duo concertant.

****1

****1

London

08 Jul 2017

Tender and mischievous: Ottensamer in London

By Elisabeth Schwarz

London

An operatic big hitter: Juan Diego Flórez at the Royal Albert Hall

By Olivia Bell, 02 June 2017

This was less a concert of two halves than one of two tenors: able to dramatise the music of Puccini and Verdi far more effectively than his earlier Mozart, Flórez came alive.

****1

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London

03 Jun 2017

An operatic big hitter: Juan Diego Flórez

By Olivia Bell

Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, a Matrimonio segreto for the future

By Nicolas Nguyen, 18 March 2016

Young singers, musicians and designers in this Matrimonio segreto co-produced by the three main opera companies in the Netherlands show that, on the stage and in the pit at least, the future of opera is bright.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

19 Mar 2016

In Amsterdam, a Matrimonio segreto for the future

By Nicolas Nguyen

Sydney

Evergreen Arts Florissants and youthful Jardin des Voix deliver fine show in Sydney

By David Larkin, 12 March 2015

An imaginatively programmed and deftly executed concert from William Christie's Arts Florissants and Jardin des Voix offers many delights in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

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Sydney

14 Mar 2015

Evergreen Arts Florissants and youthful Jardin des Voix

By David Larkin

Cape Town

Sir James Galway in concert in Cape Town

By Leonard Goussard Heydenrych, 11 February 2015

Sir James Galway supported by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, performs flawless Mozart flute concerto in D. Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway also delivers delightful Cimarosa in a historic performance.

*****

*****

Cape Town

13 Feb 2015

Sir James Galway in concert in Cape Town

By Leonard Goussard Heydenrych

London

Fall in love all over again: Cimarosa's The Secret Marriage with British Youth Opera

By Charlotte Valori, 11 September 2013

The Secret Marriage has been a hit from its earliest days. At its 1792 première in Vienna, King Leopold II was so delighted by the performance that he ordered the whole company to repair to his mansion, be treated to a magnificent dinner, “and then play the entire opera through again, immediately”.

****1

****1

London

12 Sep 2013

Fall in love all over again: Cimarosa's The Secret Marriage with British Youth Opera

By Charlotte Valori

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Opera (e)Studio: Una satisfactoria producción de Il matrimonio segreto con jóvenes cantantes

By Francisco Martínez Ramos, 19 March 2021

Opera (e)Studio de Tenerife presenta Il matrimonio segreto ambientado en el Nueva York de los años cincuenta, bajo la dirección musical de Davide Levi y con un competente elenco internacional de jóvenes cantantes.

****1

****1

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

21 Mar 2021

Demostración de talento en Il matrimonio segreto

By Francisco Martínez Ramos

Santiago de Compostela

Carlos Checa y los riesgos innecesarios: concierto de Reyes de la RFG

By Alberto Cancela, 05 January 2016

Concierto de Reyes de la RFG con el joven Carlos Checa en la dirección, frente a un obsequioso repertorio.

**111

**111

Santiago de Compostela

07 Jan 2016

Carlos Checa y los riesgos innecesarios

By Alberto Cancela