Abstract: The first commission envisaged by Stéphane Lissner when he arrived at the Opéra national de Paris, Marc-André Dalbavie's Le Soulier de satin was premiered on 21st May 2021, after many substantial changes: changes of librettist, duration, director, date and place of premiere, orchestration... This introduction traces the eventful genesis of the opera and summarises the reworkings carried out between 2014 and 2021.
