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Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor / Schirmer, Banse, Korondi, Markert, von Bothmer, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2008-10-28

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Dries, Michael; Eiche, Markus; Karondi, Anna; Markert, Annette; Reiter, Alfred; Schmitt, Maximilian [Tenor Vocal]; Stephinger, Christoph
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Otto Nicolai composed the music for 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' during 1845-49. This opera, destined to become his German-language masterpiece, initially had trouble finding...continue...