The first public performance, also under Krauss, was at the Kleines Festspielhaus during the Salzburg Festival on 14 August 1952, after Strauss' death in 1949. It was then given at the Royal Opera House in London on 16 September 1953, under Rudolf Kempe. The first American performance was at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on 10 April 1964.
The premiere of this work by Krauss took place at the Kleines Festspielhaus during the Salzburg Festival on August 14, 1952, following Strauss's death in 1949. The piece was then presented at the Royal Opera House in London on September 16, 1953, under Rudolf Kempe's guidance. Its first American performance occurred at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on April 10, 1964.