sentences:  Ryley appeared in leading roles in all of the New York productions of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company until 1883.He was Captain Felix Flapper in "Billee Taylor" (1881), Reginald Bunthorne in "Patience" (1881–82), Blood Red Bill in Edward Solomon's "Claude Duval" (1882), Philip of Aragon and Don Jose de Mantilla "Les Manteaux Noirs" (1882), Peter van Dunk in "Rip Van Winkle" (1882, with Selina Dolaro), and the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe" and Mr. Cox in "Cox and Box" (1882–83).He continued to appear in major Gilbert and Sullivan productions in America after leaving the company.