Eduard Hanslick
Hector Berlioz, who hated Italian opera, was not an admirer: "I should throw to the devil the unique and interminable "Matrimonio Segreto", which is nearly as tiresome as "The Marriage of Figaro" without being anything like so musical." Robert Schumann was impressed by Cimarosa's "absolutely masterful" orchestration, but by little else. Eduard Hanslick praised Cimarosa's wonderful facility, masterly compositional strokes and good taste. "Full of sunshine – that is the right expression for Cimarosa's music".