 "Geneviève de Brabant" was first performed in Vienna ("Die schöne Magellone") and Berlin in 1861 and Brussels and Madrid in 1869.The New York premiere was on 22 October 1868, and Farnie's version was first seen in London at the Philharmonic Theatre in Islington, produced by and starring Emily Soldene as Drogan, with Selina Dolaro in the title role, on 11 November 1871.The production ran for a year and a half, and revivals took place over the following decade with Soldene repeating her Drogan.