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Otto Nicolai
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German composer and conductor (1810-1849)
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Otto Nicolai was a male composer, pianist, conductor, and singer from the Kingdom of Prussia. Born in Königsberg on 1810-06-09, he was baptized on 1810-06-21 and followed Lutheranism. He studied under Carl Friedrich Zelter and worked in Rome, Vienna, and Berlin. Nicolai was employed by Frederick William IV of Prussia and was a member of the Vienna Philharmonic.
His notable works include the opera *The Merry Wives of Windsor* and *Il templario*. He played the piano, organ, and voice. Nicolai died in Berlin on 1849-05-11 due to a stroke, which is classified as natural causes. His compositions are categorized under the genre of opera.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1810
- Died
- 1849
- Works
- 44
Top works
- O templario
- Le vispe comari di Windsor
- Arien und Gesänge aus: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
- Die instigen weiber von Windsor
- The merry wives of Windsor, overture
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- Carlos Kleiber New Year’s Concert 19921992
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1810
- Active to
- 1849
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,881
- Total plays
- 24,200
Tags
Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (June 9, 1810 – May 11, 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor). In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments. Nicolai, a child prodigy, was born in Königsberg Germany. While still <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Otto+Nicolai">
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,447x
- Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,182x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,253x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Otto
- Family name
- Nicolai
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Königsberg
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- music director
- Position held
- chapelmaster
- Employer
- Frederick William IV of Prussia
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Student of
- Carl Friedrich Zelter
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Otto Nicolai.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Commons category
- Otto Nicolai
- date of birth
- 1810-06-09
- date of death
- 1849-05-11
- cause of death
- stroke
- date of baptism
- 1810-06-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Vienna Philharmonic
- student
- Theodor Kullak
- medical condition
- syphilis
- P8168
- Aebtissinwisch
- date of burial or cremation
- 1849-05-14
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
34 objects attributed to Otto Nicolai, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor : komisch-phantastische Oper in 3 Aufzügen; vollständiges Buch
Vittoria, vittoria : coro e duettino finale con accompagnamento di piano forte nel Templario
Il templario.. N. 3,, Scena e cavatina Briano
“The Funny Woman of Windsor”: 3rd act, II part: Forest near Windsor/(Nicolai)
The Funny Woman of Windsor: Act II, Song of the Falstaff: “Als Büblein Die an der Die brust”/(O. Nicolai)
Romance of the Fenton: from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor”/Musik: Nicolai. Text: Mosenthal
Porter song: “Let me ask you, can you tell me?,” Porterlied des Plumkett from the opera “Martha,” 3rd act/(Flotow)
Duet between Ms. Fluth and Ms. Reich: from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor”; I. Part: “No, that’s really too keck”/(Nicolai)
Du reizend liebes Schätzchen : a. "Die lustigen Weiber" / von Nicolai
"Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" : 3. Akt, I. Teil: Wald bei Windsor / (Nicolai)
No, that’s really too keck: duet from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor”/von Nicolai
![Raw sense and whim: from “Die lustige Weiber”/[Otto Nicolai]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007325%2Ffon_snp_b_007325_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Raw sense and whim: from “Die lustige Weiber”/[Otto Nicolai]
![Shock at my neighbor: aus “Die lustige Weiber”/[O. Nicolai]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007184%2Ffon_snp_b_007184_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Shock at my neighbor: aus “Die lustige Weiber”/[O. Nicolai]
“The Funny Woman of Windsor”: 2nd act, II part: Garden behind Reich’s house/(Nicolai)
Garden quartet of “Die lustige Weiber”/von Nicolai
Small as a bublestone: “Die lustige Weiber v. Windsor”/(Nicolai)
![Now let go. Recitative and aria of the woman Fluth from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor” [1st act] $h [Musik: Otto] Nicolai. [Libretto: Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F022854%2Ffon_snp_a_022854_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Now let go. Recitative and aria of the woman Fluth from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor” [1st act] $h [Musik: Otto] Nicolai. [Libretto: Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal]
Buffo Duett, a. “Die lustige Weiber”/(Nicolai)
The funny women of Windsor: Falstaff: “Als Büblein Die”/(O. Nicolai)
![“Die lustige Weiber von Windsor” [The Funny Woman of Windsor]: 1st Act, I. Teil: Hofpartie between Fluths and Reichs Haus/(Nicolai)](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014940%2Ffon_snp_a_014940_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
“Die lustige Weiber von Windsor” [The Funny Woman of Windsor]: 1st Act, I. Teil: Hofpartie between Fluths and Reichs Haus/(Nicolai)
Cross section of “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor”: 1st part/Otto Nicolai
![“The Funny Woman of Windsor”: Horch, the Lerche/(Nicolai). [Libretto: H. S. Mosenthal]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F008283%2Ffon_snp_a_008283_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
“The Funny Woman of Windsor”: Horch, the Lerche/(Nicolai). [Libretto: H. S. Mosenthal]
![Arie of the woman flood: “Well rushes down” from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor” [1st act] 1st part/[Musik: Otto] Nicolai. Text: Samuel H. Mosenthal]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F008910%2Ffon_snp_a_008910_01_hp.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Arie of the woman flood: “Well rushes down” from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor” [1st act] 1st part/[Musik: Otto] Nicolai. Text: Samuel H. Mosenthal]
“What do you desire from me”: duet zw. Fenton u. Reich; I. Part a.; “The Funny Woman of Windsor”/(Nicolai)
![He will believe me. Arie [of the woman Fluth], 2nd part, from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor,” 1st act $h [Musik: Otto] Nicolai. [Libretto: Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F022854%2Ffon_snp_a_022854_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
He will believe me. Arie [of the woman Fluth], 2nd part, from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor,” 1st act $h [Musik: Otto] Nicolai. [Libretto: Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal]
“The Funny Woman of Windsor”: 2nd Nude, III Part: In Fluth’s House/(Nicolai)
![Duett aus "Die lustigen Weiber" / [Otto Nicolai]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007259%2Ffon_snp_b_007259_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Duett aus "Die lustigen Weiber" / [Otto Nicolai]
“The Funny Woman”: Recitative and Arie (Now Rising Down); I. Teil/(Nicolai)
The Funny Woman of Windsor: Als Büblein Die/(Nicolai)
“The Funny Woman of Windsor”: Act 1, Part II: In Fluth’s House/(Nicolai)
![Small as a buffalo: from “Die lustige Weiber”/[Otto Nicolai]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007271%2Ffon_snp_b_007271_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Small as a buffalo: from “Die lustige Weiber”/[Otto Nicolai]
No, that’s really too keck: duet from “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor”/von Nicolai
Cross section of “Die lustige Weiber von Windsor”: 2nd part/Otto Nicolai
![Small as a buffalo: from “Die lustige Weiber”/[O. Nicolai]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007482%2Ffon_snp_b_007482_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Small as a buffalo: from “Die lustige Weiber”/[O. Nicolai]
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Nicolai in 1842
Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor as Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments.
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