[1] He wrote the libretto based on several episodes from fairy-tales by the Brothers Grimm.

[1] The premiere was at the Hoftheater Stuttgart on 6 December 1917, staged by Franz Ludwig Hörth and conducted by Erich Band.

[2] The opera was performed again in Halle in 1929, staged by Heinrich Kreutz and conducted again by Band.

A production in Leipzig in 1939 was directed by Wolfram Humperdinck [de] in a stage set by Wieland Wagner and conducted by Gilbert of Gravina.

The first complete production was in 1997 at the Theater Hagen, staged by Peter P. Pachl [de] and conducted by Gerhard Markson.