The premiere was on 18 May 1887 at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart) in Paris.
In 1929 after a 41-year absence from the Opéra-Comique repertoire, Albert Carré revised the text, and a new version was performed there on 6 November to greater acclaim (the 50th performance at the theatre took place on 21 February 1937).