 In 1955, it entered the repertoire of the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with Jacques Jansen and Denise Duval.In 1925 the composer stated that he began work on "Monsieur Beaucaire" following a meeting with impresario Gilbert Miller in 1916.Messager's son said that most of it was composed during the summer of 1917 in Étretat.