 In 1915 he returned to Palermo to sing Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca".In 1916 he was committed to the Havana Opera in Cuba where he performed Alfredo in "La traviata" to Amelita Galli-Curci's Violetta for his debut with the company.He also was Galli-Curci's partner in productions of "Lucia di Lammermoor" and in "La Sonnambula" in Havana that year.