Cimarosa’s The Secret Marriage (Il matrimonio segreto)
Friday, October 28—Saturday, November 12, 2022
A social-climbing father wants his eldest daughter to marry an aristocrat and is prepared buy his way in. When the would-be suitor arrives, his eye falls on the younger daughter instead. But she has secretly married her father’s clerk. Although not often performed, this delightful comic opera was such a hit at its premiere, that the audience insisted on an encore, of the entire opera!