 As joint directors of the Opéra-Comique from 1914-1925 (with Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi and subsequently with Albert Carré), they revived "Penelope" by Fauré and "Le Festin de l'araignée" by Roussel, and produced Milhaud's first opera "La brebis égarée".Their tenure at the Théâtre Mogador saw the Paris premieres of "No, No, Nanette" and "Rose Marie", and revivals of Offenbach operettas.Directorship of the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt from 1926 brought about their ruin despite the success of the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, and of Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps.