 Pedro Gailhard had called him to serve in the direction of the Paris Opéra in 1906 and in 1914, he became director of the l'Opéra Comique, alongside Émile and Vincent Isola.He was suddenly removed in 1918 by his sworn enemy Clemenceau.After a short time running the Théâtre Lyrique du Vaudeville (1919–1920), he became editor of "Figaro" and soon was promoted to administrative director.