Excerpts from Richard Strauss’s comic opera Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) were pre-produced as studio recordings for a television programme in November 1960. The impressive cast was almost identical to that of the opera production at the Salzburg Festival in 1959, under the baton of the premiere conductor Karl Böhm, featuring Hans Hotter (Sir Morosus), Hermann Prey (Barber), Fritz Wunderlich (Henry), Ingeborg Hallstein (Aminta), and others. Heinz Wallberg conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for this recording. In contrast to the live recording from Salzburg, which was marred by audible stage noises due to the turbulent production, the outstanding cast in this recording shines brightly, allowing the true brilliance of their performances to be fully appreciated.