The United States premiere took place three months later, on 20 September, in English, at San Francisco Opera, which featured the opera stage debut of Leontyne Price (as Madame Lidoine). The opera was first presented in New York City on 3 March 1966, in a staging by New York City Opera. The Metropolitan Opera first staged the opera in 1977, in a production by John Dexter, sung in the English translation of Joseph Machlis. The 1980 revival of this production utilised the original French text. Subsequent performances, until 2013, were generally sung in the English translation. The 2013 revivals of this production used the original French text, with the 2019 production included as part of the Live in HD cinema series for that season. and 2019