Otto Nicolai - Overture of The Merry Wives of Windsor (with Daniel Barenboim)

From the Berlin Staatsoper,
A festive evening of musical entertainment complete with soloists, musicians, dancing, and fireworks, on the 1997 New Year's Eve celebration in Berlin
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Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim - conductor
Highlights of this sparkling occasion include lighthearted music by Nicolai, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Johann Strauss II, Kollo, and Lincke, performed by singers including Dorothea Roschmann and Simone Nold, dancers from the Staatsoper Ballet, fifteen-year-old violin virtuoso Raphael Christ, and the inimitable H.K. Gruber singing Kurt Weill's "Berlin im Licht."
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[@matthines4748]

1:27-1:40 is probably the most melodic musical phrase I’ve ever heard.

[@rattywoof5259]

An under-rated composer. Listen to his 'Te Deum' written when he was only 18.

[@gabriellevonhilton8550]

Amaizing...

[@ruzicalilic4933]

Stunning!!!

[@nickyork8901]

Is that a very young Sarah Willis on french horn? Lovely performance, and it's a shame that some people were walking around, talking and eating while these professionals gave a superb concert.

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

Chill out! this event was a festive evening in berlin, not a formal concert, and the philharmonic played as they always do, superbly and a good time was had by all, even the orchestra as you can see😀😀

[@ruzicalilic4933]

Amazing!

[@joannicholson3051]

Just so lovely music 🎶

[@chasfleming]

Someone in the woodwind has been drinking too much cha🎉 in the opening

[@tifurs-4150]

A alguien le interesa una coleccion que tengo, Nicolai, en Cali Colombia

[@user-dr7ik9ge4f]

4:48

[@user-mj7yh4ig5m]

Act 1, Scene 1 contains the words Custalourum, Rato-lorum and Armigero. What do these words mean? You can use simple words. What would you advise to indicate in the footnotes to those readers who are not yet familiar with the work of Shakespeare?

[@deanna8275]

3:03 - 3:25

[@user-vs6de4wj6g]

3:40

[@amielschotz4982]

Benjamin Zander says that if your musicians’ eyes are shining, you’re doing a good job. That’s surely the case here. A pity the acoustics and recording don’t do the performance justice.