It was also briefly considered by the San Francisco Opera, as a project for Leopold Stokowski to conduct, but he was unavailable so the idea was dropped. In 1957, the Heidelberg Opera considered staging it, and Herrmann was convinced it was going ahead, even believing that the contracts had been signed for an April 1958 performance – but it too was dropped.
Initially, the San Francisco Opera and the Heidelberg Opera were interested in performing this work, but they ultimately decided against it.  Leopold Stokowski was unable to lead the performance at the San Francisco Opera, so the project was dropped. Later on, the Heidelberg Opera also considered staging it, but the plans fell through as well.