By the following spring, Clevelanders were treated to several performances of "Ballets Russes" at the Hippodrome Theatre. Dhiagilev’s troupe performed nearly a dozen works, including Igor Stravinsky’s "The Firebird" and "Petrushka" conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Buoyed by a positive response, Hughes assembled a presentation of Richard Wagner’s opera "Siegfried" to be led by Artur Bodanzky, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, at League Park, then-home of the Cleveland Indians, on June 19, 1916. The program drew a large crowd and helped inspire Hughes to begin establishing a permanent orchestra for Cleveland.