It was he who gave the first hearings of Wagner
in their entirety in France, such as the first and second act of
_Tristan_, in 1884-1885. The Wagnerian battle was still going on at that
time, as the notice printed at the head of the programme of _Tristan_
shows.
"The management of the _Societe des Nouveaux Concerts_ is desirous
of avoiding any disturbance during the performance of the second
act of _Tristan_, and urgently and respectfully begs that the
audience will abstain from giving any mark of their approval or
disapproval before the end of the act."
The same year, in the Eden theatre, to which the concerts had been
transferred, Lamoureux conducted, for the first time in Paris, the first
act of the _Walkuere_. In these concerts the tenor, Van Dyck, made his
_debut_; later, he was one of the leading performers at Bayreuth. In
1886-1887 Lamoureux rehearsed and conducted the only performance of
_Lohengrin_ at the Eden theatre. Disturbances in the streets prevented
further performances. Lamoureux then established himself in the
concert-room of the Cirque des Champs Elysees, where for eleven years he
has given what are called the _Concerts-Lamoureux_.
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