and ▁Gu ign ol " ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁and ▁a ▁" sal on ▁opera " ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁But ▁his ▁success ▁really ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁three - act s ▁opera : ▁The ▁Her et ics , ▁a ▁lyr ical ▁tra ged y ▁on ▁a ▁poem ▁by ▁Ferdinand ▁H éro ld . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁he ▁composed ▁the ▁music ▁for ▁La ▁Court is ane ▁de ▁Cor int he , ▁to ▁a ▁text ▁by ▁Michel ▁Car ré ▁and ▁Paul ▁Bil ha ud ▁which ▁was ▁st aged ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁by ▁Sarah ▁Bern hardt , ▁then ▁Les ▁F ian ça illes ▁de ▁l ' ami ▁Fritz , ▁after ▁Er ck mann - Ch at rian ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁ ▁Other ▁musical ▁adapt ations ▁of ▁literary ▁texts ▁followed , ▁such ▁as ▁Le ▁Cap itaine ▁F rac asse , ▁libre tto ▁by ▁É mile ▁Ber ger at ▁and ▁Michel ▁Car ré , ▁lyr ical ▁comedy ▁from ▁Thé oph ile ▁G aut ier ' s ▁e pon ym ous ▁novel ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁La ▁Pe au ▁de ▁ch agr in , ▁lyr ical ▁comedy ▁in ▁four ▁acts ▁after ▁Bal z ac , ▁libre tto ▁by ▁Pierre ▁Dec our c elle ▁and ▁Michel ▁Car ré , ▁then ▁La ▁R ôt is serie ▁de ▁la ▁re ine ▁P éd au que , ▁lyr ical ▁comedy ▁in ▁four ▁acts ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁novel ▁by ▁An ato le ▁France