 However, the couple were to remain together for many years, and when the time came to leave Paris, Verdi left in late July and "made straight for Busseto to wait for her there", while it appear that Strepponi visited her family in Florence and Pavia before joining him.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.