Orchestre Lamoureux
Dukas's career as a critic began in 1892 with a review of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" conducted by Gustav Mahler at Covent Garden in London. His review was published in "La Revue Hebdomadaire"; he later wrote also for "Minerva", "La Chronique des Arts", "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" and "Le Courrier Musical". His Parisian debut as composer was a performance of his overture "Polyeucte", written in 1891 and premiered by Charles Lamoureux and his Orchestre Lamoureux in January 1892. Based on a tragedy by Corneille, the work, like many French works of the period, shows the influence of Wagner, but is coherent and displays some individuality.