 Also in 1882, Stephens and Solomon wrote two comic operas, "Virginia and Paul", for the rising star Lillian Russell, and "Lord Bateman" for the Gaiety Theatre.Stephens returned to burlesque with "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed" in 1883, with music by Meyer Lutz.In the same year he collaborated with the composer Florian Pascal on a comic opera, "The Black Squire".