Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung

Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung (also: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung) (English: The Taming of the Shrew) is a German-language comic George Bernard Shaw.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, October 11, 1874 (Conductor: Ernst Frank)
Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua	bass	Karl Ditt
Katharine, Baptista's daughter	soprano	Ottilie Ottiker
Bianka (Bianca), Baptista's daughter	soprano	Ida Auer-Herbeck
Petruchio, a gentleman from Verona	baritone	Eduard Schlosser
Grumio, Petruchio's servant	bass
Lucentio, Bianca's suitor	tenor	Carl Slovak
Hortensio, Bianca's suitor	baritone	August Knapp
Hortensio's wife	mezzo-soprano
A tailor	tenor

Recordings

Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung soloists, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Karl Elmendorff (Urania, 1944)
Der Widerspanstigen Zahmung soloists, Bayerische Rundfunks Chorus and

Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Profil, 2007)

Sources

The Viking Opera Guide ed. Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993)
Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "11 October 1874". Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Characters	Katherina Minola Petruchio Bianca Minola Baptista Minola Christopher Sly

Stage adaptations	The Woman's Prize (c1611) Catharine and Petruchio (1754) Las bravías (1896) Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung (1872) Sly, ovvero La leggenda del dormiente risvegliato (1927) Kiss Me, Kate (1948) The Taming of the Shrew (1953) Ukroshchenye Stroptivoy (1957) Christopher Sly (1963)

Direct adaptations	1908 1929 1967 1980 (TV) 1994 (TV)

Other adaptations	Daring Youth (1924) You Made Me Love You (1933) Second Best Bed (1938) Kiss Me Kate (1953) McLintock! (1963) Il Bisbetico Domato (1980) 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) O Cravo e a Rosa (2000; TV) Deliver Us from Eva (2003) The Taming of the Shrew (2005; TV) Frivolous Wife (2008) 10 Things I Hate About You (2009; TV) Isi Life Mein (2010)

Related	The Taming of the Shrew in performance The Taming of the Shrew on screen Shrew (stock character) Induction Love-in-idleness

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