The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai)

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comic opera opera

The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai) is a 19th-century German comic opera based on Shakespeare’s play, noted for its lively ensembles and melodic, Romantic-era orchestration.

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Label	Occurrences
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Verdi opera Falstaff, partial)	1
The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai) canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic opera ⓘ opera ⓘ
actCount	3 ⓘ
basedOn	The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	William Shakespeare ⓘ
catalogueNote	best-known opera by Otto Nicolai ⓘ
composer	Otto Nicolai ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
dramaticType	opera buffa tradition (German adaptation) ⓘ
era	Romantic era ⓘ
firstPerformanceStatus	posthumous premiere of the composer ⓘ
genre	Romantic opera ⓘ
hasArias	yes ⓘ
hasChorus	yes ⓘ
hasEnsembles	yes ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
librettist	Salomon Hermann Mosenthal ⓘ
musicalFeatures	comic characterization ⓘ lively ensembles ⓘ melodic orchestration ⓘ
notableCharacter	Anna Reich ⓘ Fenton ⓘ Frau Fluth ⓘ Frau Reich ⓘ Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
notableNumber	Overture ⓘ
orchestrationStyle	Romantic-era orchestration ⓘ
originalLanguageCountry	German Confederation ⓘ
overtureStyle	concert favorite ⓘ
period	19th century ⓘ
periodOfSetting	English Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan era
premiereCity	Berlin ⓘ
premiereDate	1849-03-09 ⓘ
premiereTheatre	Berlin State Opera ⓘ surface form: Königliches Opernhaus, Berlin
relatedWork	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ surface form: Falstaff (Verdi)
settingCountry	England ⓘ
settingLocation	Windsor ⓘ
sharesSourceWith	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ surface form: Falstaff (Verdi)
structure	three acts ⓘ
style	Romantic ⓘ
subjectMatter	comic intrigues of middle-class wives ⓘ deception of Falstaff ⓘ
title	Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceLanguage	German ⓘ

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The Merry Wives of Windsor → hasAdaptation → The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Verdi opera Falstaff, partial)