 It embraced, among other things, two premieres of operas by Donizetti, namely, "Parisina" (in the role of Ugo) at Florence in 1832, and, more significantly, "Lucia di Lammermoor" (in the role of Edgardo) at Naples' San Carlo in 1835.His Italian reputation strongly established, Duprez returned to Paris in 1837 and scored an immediate success at the Opéra with his exciting new style of vocal delivery as exemplified in "William Tell.