 In 1851, at the Théâtre-Italien's Salle Ventadour in Paris, Graziani sang Gennaro in Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" with Marianna Barbieri-Nini in the title role and Fortini as the Duke of Ferrara.The following season he went to La Fenice in Venice where he was heard as Idreno in Rossini's "Semiramide", the Duke of Mantua in "Rigoletto", the title role of Verdi's "Stiffelio", and in the premieres of several operas by minor Italian composers.In his second season there, on 6 March 1853, he created the role of Alfredo in Verdi's "La traviata".