 This was soon followed by "Wrong Notes" (1883) and "Minna, or The Fall from the Cliff" (1886).A few years later the acclaimed French baritone Victor Maurel persuaded him to turn his cantata "The Light of Asia", based on the life of Buddha, into an Italian opera, "La luce dell'Asia", which was produced at Covent Garden in 1892.In 1893 de Lara's opera "Amy Robsart" was given in French at Covent Garden with Emma Calvé.