The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera)
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The Merry Wives of Windsor (in German: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is an opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Hermann Salomon Mosenthal, based on the play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.
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.
Performance history
The first performance was at the Hofoper in Berlin on 9 March 1849.
Roles
| Role |
Voice type |
Premiere cast,
9 March 1849
(Conductor: Otto Nicolai) |
| Frau Fluth (Alice Ford) |
soprano |
Leopoldine Tuczek |
| Frau Reich (Meg Page) |
mezzo soprano |
Pauline Marx |
| Sir John Falstaff |
bass |
August Zschiesche |
| Fenton |
tenor |
Julius Pfister |
| Herr Fluth (Ford) |
baritone |
Julius Krause |
| Anna Reich (Anne Page) |
soprano |
Louise Köster |
| Herr Reich (Page) |
bass |
August Mickler |
| Spärlich (Slender) |
tenor |
Eduard Mantius |
| Dr. Cajus |
bass |
A. Lieder |
| Men and women of Windsor, neighbors, elves, spooks, insects chorus |
Synopsis
The story is close to that of Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff. Pistol and Bardolph are absent from this version, but Slender is present. The women have German names. Alice is Frau Fluth and Meg is Frau Reich.
Noted arias
- "Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain" (Fenton)
- "Als Büblein klein an der Mutter Brust" (Falstaff)
- "Nun eilt Herbei" (Frau Fluth)
Recordings
- Deutsche Grammophon 2740 159: Edith Mathis, Hanna Schwarz, Kurt Moll, Bernd Weikl, Siegfried Vogel, Peter Schreier, Claude Dornoy; Chorus of the Staatsoper; Berlin Staatskapelle; Bernhard Klee, conductor[1]
- Decca D86D 3: Helen Donath, Karl Ridderbusch, Wolfgang Brendel, Lilian Sukis; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Kubelík, conductor[2]
References
- Notes
- ^ Lamb, Andrew, Review of recording of Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1977). The Musical Times, 118 (1615): p. 737.
- ^ Lamb, Andrew, Review of recording of Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1978). The Musical Times, 119 (1628): p. 866.
- Sources
External links
Categories:
- Culture articles needing translation from German Wikipedia
- Operas by Carl Otto Nicolai
- German-language operas
- Singspiele
- 1849 operas
- Operas
- Operas set in London
- Operas set in England
- Works based on The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Operas based on Shakespeare
- Berlin State Opera world premieres
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