 He made his debut at the Teatro Nicolini in Florence in 1902 as Arturo to Luisa Tetrazzini's Elvira in Vincenzo Bellini's "I puritani".Later that year he portrayed Elvino in Bellini's "La sonnambula" at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste.In 1903 he sang the title role in Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann" at the Teatro del Corso in Bologna, and appeared in roles at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.