The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera)
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The Merry Wives of Windsor (German: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is an opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
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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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The opera is a Singspiel, containing much spoken dialogue between distinct musical numbers. The opera remains popular in Germany, and the overture is sometimes heard in concert in other countries.