It takes the form of a comédie en vers mêlée de musique (an opéra-comique) in two acts.

[2] It was around this time, claimed Bouilly, that Méhul fought a duel with and wounded a journalist who had harshly criticised him.

In the second act, Florival's valet pretends to be the nephew of an old servant of Cerberti's from Picardy.

Florival's identity is betrayed but he is defiant, as is Armantine, who claims she is free to choose who she marries.

Louis Spohr wrote his Variations on "Je suis encore dans mon printemps" for harp (Op.