Cimarosa: Die Heimliche Ehe (il Matrimonio Segreto
) | Label: ARTHAUS Catalog: 101625 Format: DVD 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)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.  Price: $42.98 |