▁his ▁elder ly ▁employ er ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁drama . ▁The ▁piece ▁was ▁first ▁given ▁at ▁Thé âtre ▁des ▁Bou ff es - Par isi ens ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁The ▁ly ric ▁of ▁Fort un io ' s ▁song ▁set ▁by ▁Off en bach ▁was ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁Russian ▁translation ▁by ▁T cha ik ov sky ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁but ▁was ▁intended ▁for ▁concert ▁or ▁domestic ▁rather ▁than ▁stage ▁performance . ▁ ▁Mess ager ' s ▁libre tt ists , ▁Gast on ▁Ar man ▁de ▁C ail lav et ▁and ▁Robert ▁de ▁Fl ers , ▁expanded ▁the ▁original ▁play , ▁adding ▁a ▁first ▁act ▁setting ▁the ▁scene ▁for ▁the ▁story , ▁and ▁creating ▁a ▁table au ▁dep ict ing ▁a ▁no ct urn al ▁party . ▁The ▁production ▁was ▁st aged ▁by ▁Albert ▁Car ré , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Op éra ▁Com ique , ▁who ▁was ▁keen ▁to ▁fost er ▁the ▁French ▁re per toire ▁at ▁the ▁theatre . ▁ ▁Performance ▁history ▁Fort un io ▁was ▁premier ed ▁on ▁ 5 ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁by ▁the ▁Op éra - Com ique ▁at ▁the ▁S alle ▁F av art ▁in ▁Paris . ▁The ▁composer ▁conducted , ▁and ▁the ▁audience ▁included ▁his ▁fellow ▁compos ers ▁Claude ▁Deb uss y , ▁Reyn al do ▁H ahn , ▁Gabriel ▁Pier né , ▁and ▁Gabriel ▁F aur é , ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁whom ▁review ed ▁the ▁work ▁for ▁Le ▁Fig aro : ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁original ▁form