Die schweigsame Frau. Komische Oper in drei Aufzügen. Programmbuch

Musical score by Richard Strauss. Libretto by Stefan Zweig, freely adapted from Ben Jonson's play Epicoene, or, The Silent Woman. Premiere performance, 24 June 1935 in the Staatsoper Dresden. Program book for a premiere performance in München on 20 July 210. Prepared by Peter Henningsen, Arturo Larcati, and Jürgen Schläder. 154/(2)p. Richly illustrated with 10 drawings / paintings by George Condo [throughout the program book] and 16 photographs of the performers [pp. 133-140,143-150]. München: Bayerische Staatsoper, 2010

Contents

1.

Die Handlung, pp. 8-9. The Story, pp. 10-11. L'argument, pp. 12-13

2.

Peter Henningsen. "Seelenschichten eines Griesgrams", pp. 15-16, 19-20, 23

3.

Barrie Kosky. "Notizen zur Inszenierung", p. 25

4.

Stefan Zweig. Excerpt from Die Welt von Gestern, pp. 28, 30-32, 35-36, 38. From the chapter "Incipit Hitler". See Die Welt von Gestern. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 1981 [Gesammelte Werke in Einzelbänden], pp. 419-429

5.

Jürgen Schläder. "Moderne Interpretation der Vergangenheit - Musikalische Zitate in Die schweigsame Frau, pp. 39-41, 43-45, 48, 51-52

6.

Arturo Larcati. "Von der bitteren Gesellschaftssatire zur komischen Oper", pp. 53, 55-58, 62-63

7.

Richard Strauss - Stefan Zweig. Briefwechsel, 65-85, (89), (91), (97), (101), (109), (121), (129). Strauss to Zweig, 16 letters; Zweig to Strauss, 10 letters

8.

Richard Strauss. "Geschichte der schweigsamen Frau", pp. 86-87

9.

Das Libretto: Die schweigsame Frau , pp. 88-132

10.

Probenfotos, pp. 133-140, 143-150

11.

Die Autoren des Programmbuchs, p. 151

12.

Julia Schmitt. "Zu den Bildern von George Condo", p. 152

13.

Impressum und Nachweise, p. 154

The Strauss-Zweig Correspondence

Strauss to Zweig

14.

24 June 1932, p. (89) [Photocopy]

15.

16 December 1932, p. 65

16.

24 January 1933, p. (128) [Photocopy]

17.

25 May 1934, pp. 69-70

18.

2 August 1934, p. 70

19.

21 September 1934, pp. 71-72

20.

10 January 1935, p. (91) [Photocopy]

21.

(5 February 1935), p. 72

22.

20 February 1935, p. 74

23.

26 February 1935, pp. 77, 80

24.

2 April 1935, p. 80

25.

25 May 1935, p. (119) [Photocopy]

26.

13 June 1935, p. (97) [Photocopy]

27.

17 June 1935, p. 81

28.

22 June 1935, p. 82

29.

28 June 1935, pp. 82, 85

30.

Strauss to Otto Laubinger, Präsident der Reichstheaterkammer, p. 121 [Photocopy]

Zweig to Strauss

31.

17 September 1932, p. (101) [Photocopy]

32.

19 December 1932, pp. 65-66, 68

33.

18 December 1932, p. 69 [Stamped date on postcard]

34.

17 January 1933, p. (129) [Photocopy]

35.

24 January 1933, p. (129) [Photocopy]

36.

26 July 1934, p. 70

37.

10 August 1934, p. 71

38.

18 February 1935, pp. 72, 74

39.

23 February 1935, pp. 74, 77

40.

16 April 1935, pp. 80-81

Ben Jonson

41.

"Ben Jonson", p. (113). An excerpt from Zweig's article "Ben Jonson" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien), 4 November 1926, pp. (1)-3