Name: Il matrimonio segreto
Start: 2018-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Jacksons Lane Theatre

Organization

Stage director

Sinéad O'Neill

Conductor

Chris Hopkins

Lighting designer

Matthew Swithinbank

Assistant Director

Anna Proclemer

Singer

Soprano

Holly Brown

Carolina

Emily Heumann

Madeleine Allsop

Elisetta

Rachel Duckett

Mezzo-soprano

Rachael Cox

Fidalma

Annie Reilly

Bass

Dan D'Souza

Count Robinson

Daniel Rudge

Geronimo

Javier Vilarino

Il matrimonio segreto -  (The Secret Marriage)

London

United Kingdom

Jacksons Lane Theatre

Il matrimonio segreto Cimarosa

Public

The Secret Marriage

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Countertenor

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director Sinéad O’Neill. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

 

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill, with Music Director Chris Hopkins and the HGO Orchestra.

 

Neglected today, The Secret Marriage was in its time more popular even than Mozart’s comedies; when the Emperor Leopold heard it during its first run in Vienna he demanded it be repeated in full that same evening. It was a huge success and had well over 100 outings in its first year alone, reaching every European capital in the next few years. Not so much looking back to Mozart, Cimarosa’s wit and style prefigure Rossini, born three weeks after the opera’s premiere – this household sitcom was written almost 25 years before The Barber of Seville.

 

In HGO’s production the opera, with its nimble score, buzzes from the start with effervescent energy. Cimarosa’s score elicits a huge range of colour, and ensembles and arias abound for the very busy cast of six; an extraordinary variety ranging from deft patter and raucous argument to glorious lyricism, all in perfect balance. And that’s reflected in HGO’s pacy staging which recognizes that this is at heart pure musical theatre; sometimes subtle, sometimes slapstick, but always with a steady and compelling connection to the unfolding story.

English

The Secret Marriage by Cimarosa, Thu 22 Nov 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by Sinéad O'Neill,, Conductor Chris Hopkins, Jacksons Lane Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues