 In 1906 he was appointed artistic director of the newly formed Manhattan Opera Company.He stayed there for three years before resigning over artistic disagreements with the company's manager, Oscar Hammerstein I.In 1910 he became the first conductor of the Chicago Grand Opera Company at the Auditorium Theatre, remaining there until his death; he brought the company with him in 1918 to New York for a four-week season that included Amelita Galli-Curci's first appearance in the city.