Georges Rochegrosse's poster for the first Paris production of Jules Massenet's opera Don Quichotte, a dramatized version of the story of Don Quixote. Massenet conceived and composed the title role specifically for the great Russian bass, Feodor Chaliapin who sang it in the world premiere on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Don Quichotte had its Paris premiere later that year at the Théâtre de la Gaîté.