1856 vertrat er mit großem Erfolg am Teatro Real in Madrid den berühmten Enrico Tamberlik in der Titelrolle der Oper "Robert le Diable" von Giacomo Meyerbeer. ###>His career breakthrough came three years later, however, when he substituted successfully for Italy's most celebrated dramatic tenor, Enrico Tamberlik, in a Madrid performance of Robert le diable.