 It was first performed at the Salle Choiseul, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 10 October 1857.The operetta was a reworking of "Le trésor à Mathurin", with words by Battu (1829–57), which had a well-received single performance at the Salle Herz, Paris on 7 May 1853 but was subsequently lost.After the Paris premiere "Le mariage aux lanternes" was produced in Berlin and Vienna in 1858, Prague, Graz and Budapest in 1859, London, New York, Brussels, Stockholm in 1860, Moscow in 1871 and Milan in 1875.