Nicolai's Mirthful `Merry Wives' The Washington Post | January 1, 1990| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

To fully enjoy the Washington Opera's current show, you should try to temporarily forget about Giuseppe Verdi. Otto Nicolai's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be in the Eisenhower Theater for nine more performances through Jan. 28, tells essentially the same story as Verdi's "Falstaff." And though it hardly bears mention in the same breath with that transcendent masterpiece, it offers a pleasant evening's amusement in this first-class production.

"Merry Wives" (or "Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor") lives on the borderline between opera and operetta; its popularity has always been ...

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