Deutsches Theater
Vollmöller's "Turandot" with Busoni's music was finally first performed at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, on 27 October 1911, with a very expensive orchestra conducted by Oskar Fried. Reinhardt was a hugely innovative director with the Deutsches Theater at his disposal, and "Turandot" was given plenty of publicity. An entire issue of the house magazine, ("Blätter des Deutschen Theaters") was given over to the production. There were contributions from Busoni, Orlik, and Stefan Zweig among others.