Wagner planned a production of this work for 1870 in his programme for King Ludwig II of Bavaria but never progressed it – (however elements of the story persist in his opera Parsifal).
These include the use of a French horn and a sampled trombone playing deep notes at the opera's commencement, representing boat sirens on the Grand Canal.
The composer also visited Chamonix to sample a thunderclap, used to preface an argument between Wagner and his wife.
Although both are ostracized by the other monks, Buddha permits their chaste union and allows Prakriti to join the monastic community.
[5] The first British staged performance was given on 6 June 2013 in the Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff by Welsh National Opera, directed by Pierre Audi.