Die schweigsame Frau

Die schweigsame Frau
Opera by Richard Strauss
Playbill of the world premiere
LibrettistStefan Zweig
LanguageGerman
Based onBen Jonson's Epicœne, or The Silent Woman (1609)
Premiere
24 June 1935 (1935-06-24)
Semperoper, Dresden

Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman), Op. 80, is a 1935 comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig after Ben Jonson's 1609 comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman.