Gudrun’, after negotiations on the premiere of ‘Herrat’ had initially failed, was Draeseke’s first opera to be performed, with such unquestionable success that the publisher Kistner was immediately interested in its publication. Draeseke owed the acceptance of the work in Hanover to his loyal and critical friend and colleague Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (1830-1913), director of the Hanover Royal Theatre from 1867-87. It was also Bronsart who, with his clear artistic vision, pushed for revisio...