 Making fun of Graeco-Roman mythology had a long tradition in the popular theatre of Vienna, and audiences had no difficulty with the disrespect that had outraged Jules Janin and others in Paris.It was for this production that Carl Binder put together the version of the overture that is now the best known.There were revivals at the same theatre in February and June 1861 (both given in French) and at the Theater an der Wien in January 1867.