The work was first performed at the
Vienna State Opera on 23 May 1971, with
Horst Stein conducting and
Christa Ludwig in the principal role. The German premiere was staged at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin on 1 March 1972. Further productions followed in
Strasbourg and
Karl Marx Stadt in 1973, and in Stockholm in 1976. The work had its United States premiere on 25 October 1972 at the
San Francisco Opera in a production directed by
Francis Ford Coppola and using an English translation by
Norman Tucker. Recent productions include a run of five performances at the
Görlitz Theatre, Germany, in May/June 2010.{{cite web ==Roles==