 He then moved to Paris and, in 1880, assumed the role of Colonna in Hippolyte Duprat's opera "Petrarque" at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique de Paris.Finally, in 1883, he received his first invitation to sing at the Paris Opera, successfully undertaking the part of Méphistophélès in Gounod's "Faust".He would spend 10 years at the Paris Opera, participating in the 1885 premiere of Massenet's "Le Cid" in the role of Don Gormas (alongside the brothers de Reszke).