 The work received its first run at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1978–79, with Danielle Chlostawa, François le Roux and Michel Roux, conducted by Pierre Dervaux.It was revived there in 1980–81 (with Marie-Christine Pontou and Gino Quilico).More recently it was mounted at the Théâtre du Châtelet in January 2008, directed by Fanny Ardant.