The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera)
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Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, or The Merry Wives of Windsor, is an 1849 opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal based on Shakespeare's play. Published as a comical-fantastical work in three acts with dance (komisch-phantastische Oper in 3 Akten mit Tanz), its structure is musical numbers linked by spoken dialogue, harkening back to the then-outmoded Singspiel format. It remains popular in Germany and Austria and its overture is sometimes heard in concert in other countries.
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Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor | |
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Singspiel by Otto Nicolai | |
Translation | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
Librettist | Salomon Hermann Mosenthal |
Language | German |
Based on | The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare |
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