 During this production he met his future wife, the soprano Louise Parker, who was his leading lady in the operetta.In 1887, he starred as Count Erminio in "Gasparone" by Karl Millöcker in New York City at the Standard Theatre, together with Lillian Russell and J. H. Ryley.The "New York Times" wrote that his singing was an "especial feature" of the piece, and that "This artist has lost much of the self-consciousness that marked his early efforts, and his acting is now quite animated."