RCA has also recorded and released recordings of revival stagings of musicals. Like his brother, Wolfgang favoured modern, minimalist stagings of his grandfather's works in his productions. The San Francisco Opera gave the opera many stagings beginning on 29 September 1924. Further stagings of "Otello" soon followed at leading theatres throughout Europe and America. Prior to Vicente, few dramatic stagings had taken place in Portugal. The translations followed the original script closely, and the Broadway stagings were used. Its family-friendly story, familiar themes and catchy music have resulted in numerous stagings. The "Hecyra" was a failure at its first two stagings.