Il matrimonio segreto

Il matrimonio segreto
Opera by Domenico Cimarosa
The composer
TranslationThe Secret Marriage
LibrettistGiovanni Bertati
LanguageItalian
Based onThe Clandestine Marriage by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick
Premiere
7 February 1792 (1792-02-07)

Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) is a dramma giocoso in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, based on the 1766 play The Clandestine Marriage by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick. It was first performed on 7 February 1792 at the Imperial Hofburg Theatre in Vienna in the presence of Emperor Leopold II.