 Originally the score was mostly Berté, with just one piece of Schubert's ("Ungeduld" from "Die schöne Müllerin"), but the producers required Berté to discard his score and create a pasticcio of Schubert music.The original production opened at the Raimundtheater in Vienna on 15 January 1916 and ran for over 650 performances in its original run in Austria and for hundreds more in Germany, followed by many successful revivals.It starred Fritz Schrödter as Schubert and Anny Rainer as Hannerl.