Die schweigsame Frau
(The Silent Woman) op. 80 (1932-35)Comic opera in three acts
Duration: 130'
Music Text
Libretto by Stefan Zweig after Ben Jonson's 'Epicoene' (G,E,I)
Scoring
Major roles: colS,A,lyrT,lyrB,B; minor roles: colS,M,Bar,2B; chorus
3(III=picc).2.corA.3.bcl.3(III=dbn)-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3-4):SD/BD/
cyms/tam-t/tgl/tamb/ratchet/cast/xyl/bells/glsp-cel-harp-org-hpd-
bagpipes-strings(14.12.8.8.6)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
Opera
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World Premiere
6/24/1935
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Karl Böhm
Sächsisches Staatstheater Opernhaus, Dresden
Dresden State Opera / Karl Böhm
Subjects