 Lassen conducted several world premieres during his tenure, including the first performance of Camille Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila" in 1877.Richard Strauss served as second "Kapellmeister" under Lassen from 1889 to 1894 and led the premieres of his own "Guntram" and Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel".Peter Raabe became "Kapellmeister" in 1907.