 The work has been played more than 90 times in various cities, in particular at the Brooklyn Academy of Music of New York on 17 December 1994 for the American premiere and at the Cité de la musique in Paris on 17 January 2003 for the French premiere.The opera is the second part of a trilogy in homage to the French poet after "Orphée" (1993) and before "Les Enfants Terribles" (1996).