 19th century

Given by the Opéra at the Salle Le Peletier, the premiere of the opera took place on 26 November 1847, but even while writing the French version and before its premiere, Verdi had contacted his publisher, Giovanni Ricordi, regarding an Italian version.He did not find a translator while in Paris, but in 1850, the French text was translated into Italian by Calisto Bassi and performed as "Gerusalemme" at La Scala, Milan on 26 December 1850.However, "it failed to supersede "I Lombardi" in the affections of Italian audiences"
and certainly, as Parker comments, while overall being superior to "Lombardi" in various ways, "it failed to establish itself in either the French or the Italian repertory".