# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-nicolai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:26:22.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-nicolai"
name: "Otto Nicolai"
slug: "otto-nicolai"
description: "Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai 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."
tagline: "German composer and conductor (1810-1849)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto_Nicolai.jpg?width=1200"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1810-06-09"
deathDate: "1849-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump