 The opera was well received but ran for only 32 performances.In the 20th century it was not revived until the 1970s (in London) and was not seen again at the Opéra-Comique until 1986.By the mid-1860s Offenbach had established himself both in Paris and internationally with his opéras bouffes "Orphée aux enfers" (1858), "La belle Hélène" (1864), "La vie parisienne" (1866) and "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein" (1867) and many others.