 The work was frequently staged in France and internationally during the composer's lifetime and throughout the 20th century.It is his most often performed opera and continues to be revived in the 21st century.In the last decade of the 19th century the Paris cabarets the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergère adopted the music of the "Galop infernal" from the culminating scene of the opera to accompany the can-can, and ever since then the tune has been popularly associated with the dance.