Beginning in the 1850s, he essayed several bass-baritone roles including Oroveso in "Norma" and the title role in "Mosè in Egitto" (both at the Theatre Royal, Malta in 1850), Assur in "Semiramide" (Teatro Regio di Parma in 1859), and Oberthal in "Le prophète" (Teatro Regio di Torino in 1862).