Alfred Bruneau

In 1884, his Ouverture héroïque was performed, followed by the choral symphonies Léda (1884) and La Belle au bois dormant (1886).

[1] The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration between the two men that would last for two decades.

Other works influenced by Zola include L'Enfant roi (1905), Naïs Micoulin (1907), Les Quatres journées (1916), and Lazare (produced posthumously in 1954).

Other operatic works by Bruneau contained themes by Hans Christian Andersen (Le Jardin du Paris in 1923) and Victor Hugo (Angelo, tyran de Padoue in 1928).

His other works include his Requiem (1888) and two collections of songs, Lieds de France and Chansons à danser.