Hans von Bülow was chosen to conduct the production at the Nationaltheater in Munich, despite the fact that Wagner was having an affair with his wife, Cosima von Bülow.
Hans von Bülow foi o elixido para dirixir a produción na Königliches Hof-und Nationaltheater de München, a pesar do feito de que Wagner tiña unha aventura coa súa muller, Cosima von Bülow.