During the same year, he went to London with a German opera troupe, and subsequently he became leader of the orchestra at Drury Lane Theatre.
[1] He conducted in 1849 and 1850 the Wednesday Concerts in Exeter Hall;[2] at this venue he gave Beethoven's ninth symphony with an orchestra of 250 musicians and a chorus of 500 singers.
He also conducted the Italian opera at Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and elsewhere in Great Britain.
[1] In 1857 he came to the United States with Bernard Ullman's Italian opera troupe, which he conducted until 1860.
In 1869 he served as musical director of the New York section of the mass choruses at the Baltimore singing festival.