Die schweigsame Frau
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto
Stefan Zweig (freely adapted after Ben Jonson)
Premiere
24 June 1935, Dresden (Staatsoper)
Cast
SIR MOROSUS (bass)
HOUSEKEEPER (contralto)
BARBER (baritone)
HENRY (tenor)
AMINTA (soprano)
ISOTTA (soprano)
CARLOTTA (mezzo-soprano)
MORBIO (baritone)
VANUZZI (bass)
FARFALLO (bass)
CHORUS
actors and neighbours
Place
Room in Sir Morosu's House in a suburb of London
Time
1760