Die heimliche Ehe by Cimarosa, Ab (2022/2022), Unter der Regie von Adriana Altaras, Dirigat Attilio Cremonesi, Hans Otto Theater, Potsdam, Deutschland

The merchant Geronimo wishes for a noble title for his happiness in life. His assistant Paolino found him Count Robinson, who is willing to marry Geronimo's eldest daughter Elisetta for 100,000 scudi. However, while looking for a bride, the Count falls in love with Carolina, her younger sister. Carolina rejects him, but her father comes to terms with the count and lets him have the younger one for half the price. Carolina refuses to marry, but when her aunt Paolino also wants to choose her husband, only an escape plan helps. Because no one knows that Carolina and Paolino are secretly married. Cimarosa is considered a master of opera buffa and a pioneer of Rossini. His fame in Naples led to his appointment as court conductor in Saint Petersburg and later in Vienna, where his opera “Il matrimonio segreto”, which is still the most frequently performed, was premiered in 1792.