The work was first performed at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Paris in 1846 with a leading tenor. The leading tenor sang in the premiere of an opera featuring the music of Daniel Auber, who had previously contributed to the one-act ballet Les Rendezvous in 1933.
Gustave-Hippolyte Roger
La damnation de Faust
L'enfant prodigue (Auber)
Les Rendezvous