In 1905 he was in the cast of Leoncavallo' Zazà of at the Teatro de Novedades in Barcelona and in June of that year sang the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale at the Theatre of Liege.

By 1908, he was appearing at London's Royal Opera House in the title role of Gounod's Faust along with Pauline Donalda and Marcel Journet.

In May 1914, he appeared as at the Teatro Regio di Parma as Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, with Riccardo Stracciari, Graziella Pareto and Gaudio Mansueto.

That same year he sang Alfredo in La traviata at the Teatro Comunale di Trieste, with Rosina Storchio as Violetta and Gabriele Santini conducting.

In February 1916 Carpi sang at the Paris Opera, again as Ernesto in Don Pasquale, with William Niola, Giuseppe Danise, and Elvira de Hidalgo.