[3] On 10 August 1908 Bavagnoli conducted a performance of Giacomo Puccini's Manon Lescaut for the opening of the Teatro Municipal in San Nicolás de los Arroyos.
[2] Bavagnoli accepted, making his Met debut on November 19, 1915, leading a performance of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème with Frances Alda as Mimì, Enrico Caruso as Rodolfo, Ida Cajatti as Musetta, and Antonio Scotti as Marcello.
He remained at the Met for only one season, conducting a total of 61 performances of mostly Italian operas such as Aida, The Barber of Seville, Cavalleria Rusticana, Lucia di Lammermoor, Manon Lescaut, Tosca and La Traviata.
He notably conducted the world premiere of Enrique Granados's Goyescas on January 28, 1916, with Anna Fitziu as Rosario and Giovanni Martinelli as Fernando.
His last performance with the Met was conducting Friedrich von Flotow's Martha in an out of town engagement in Atlanta, Georgia on April 28, 1916, with Maria Barrientos in the title role.
[5] At the latter house, he notably conducted an acclaimed performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma on September 28, 1931, in honor of the work's 100th anniversary, with Bianca Scacciati in the title role.