('The Merry Wives of Windsor')
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by H.S. Mosenthal from Shakespeare's comedy
Music by Nicolai
(sung in German)

The action takes place in Windsor at the beginning of the seventeenth century

Act 1
Scene 1: A street in Windsor
Scene 2: A room in Ford's house

(Recording of a performance at the 1956 Bregenz Festival: made available by courtesy of Oesterrichischer Rundfunk, Vienna)
(Alan Frank writes on page 6)