His first work for the Opéra, Robert le diable (1831), was a sensation; audiences particularly thrilled to the ballet sequence in Act Three in which the ghosts of corrupted nuns rise from their graves.
Hans første arbejde for Opéra var Robert le Diable (1831), som blev en sensation; publikum var især begejstrede for balletsekvensen i tredje akt, hvor nonnespøgelser ses stige op fra deres grave.