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.
The San Francisco Opera, as well as the Heidelberg Opera, considered staging it, but Leopold Stokowski was unavailable to conduct it. The idea was abandoned in both cases.