| Composer: |
Richard Strauss |
| Music title: |
Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80 |
| Librettist: |
Stefan Zweig |
| Work definition: |
Komische Oper in three acts |
| Title notes: |
Also known as 'The Silent Woman' |
| After: |
After the play 'Epicoene, or The Silent Woman' by Ben Jonson |
| Language: |
German |
| World premiere: |
24 June 1935, Staatsoper, Dresden |
| ROH premiere: |
20 November 1961, Covent Garden Opera Company |
| ROH company premiere: |
20 November 1961, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |