The Maid of Orleans
Mermet also composed a four-act opera, "Jeanne d'Arc", to his own libretto based on a play by Jules Barbier, which was the first premiere to be presented at the Palais Garnier (5 April 1876). The ballet was choreographed by Louis Mérante. Gabrielle Krauss sang the title role, and Jean-Baptiste Faure was Charles VII, but the opera received only 15 performances, the last on 27 November. Tchaikovsky used Mermet's libretto as one of the sources for his opera "The Maid of Orleans".