 The theater was transferred to Tütüncüoğlu Michael Naum Efendi in 1844, who continued to arrange opera performances for the following 26 years.An important public opera performance was Giuseppe Verdi's "Ernani", staged by an Italian company in Beyoğlu in 1846.Also in 1846, Naum Efendi's theatre was destroyed by fire and was replaced by a new one.