▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ▁in ▁the ▁Rev ue ▁des ▁deux ▁Mond es , ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁st aged ▁until ▁th ir teen ▁years ▁later . ▁It ▁was ▁produced ▁at ▁the ▁Thé âtre ▁Histor ique , ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 8 , ▁and ▁was ▁rev ived ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 , ▁but ▁its ▁theme ▁of ▁an ▁ad ul ter ous ▁affair ▁did ▁not ▁find ▁favour ▁with ▁middle - class ▁theatre go ers , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁ban ▁on ▁produ ctions ▁from ▁the ▁French ▁government . ▁This ▁had ▁not ▁prevent ed ▁two ▁compos ers ▁before ▁Mess ager ▁from ▁using ▁the ▁play ▁as ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁oper as . ▁A uber ' s ▁Z an etta ▁ran ▁for ▁ 3 5 ▁performances ▁at ▁the ▁S alle ▁F av art ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 . ▁The ▁action ▁was ▁trans pl anted ▁from ▁ 1 7 th - century ▁France ▁to ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁Pal ermo , ▁but ▁the ▁plot ▁was ▁essentially ▁un changed . ▁ ▁Off en bach , ▁who ▁had ▁written ▁a ▁song ▁as ▁incident al ▁music ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁rev ival ▁of ▁Mus set ' s ▁play , ▁used ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁cent rep ie ce ▁of ▁a ▁one - act ▁op éra ▁com ique , ▁La ▁chanson ▁de ▁Fort un io , ▁with ▁a ▁plot ▁dep ict ing ▁Fort un io ▁as ▁an ▁old ▁man ▁receiving ▁treatment ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁inf lic ted ▁on