Nicolai, Otto

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai – «Die lustigen Weiber von ‘Windsor» (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

(geb. Königsberg/Ostpreussen 9. Juni 1810, gest. Berlin 11. Mai 1849)

Komisch-phantastische Oper in drei Akten mit Tanz (1845/46-1849)

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