 The opera "Le timbre d'argent" by Camille Saint-Saëns was premiered here in 1877, at which time the theatre was briefly known as the Théâtre National Lyrique.Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes danced at the theatre in 1921, 1923, and 1925.The 1921 performances included the ballerina Lydia Lopokova in the title role of Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird", and the company gave premieres of Prokofiev's "Chout" (17 May 1921) and Stravinsky's "Les noces" (13 June 1923).