 The opera was performed in Hanover and Bad Pyrmont in 1790 using a German translation of the libretto entitled "Der Geizige oder Die Liebe ist sinnreich" ("The Miser, or Love is Ingenious").There was a French version entitled "Le Tuteur avare" ("The Miserly Tutor") with a very freely adapted libretto by Jean-Louis Gabiot and additional music composed by Giuseppe Maria Cambini.It premiered at the Théâtre des Beaujolais in Paris in 1787 and was later performed in Versailles and Lieges.