 On December 3 he appeared as Elvino in "La sonnambula", with Marimon, del Puente and Mme Lablache, and on December 12 was Corentino in Meyerbeer's "Dinorah", again with Marimon.Later in the season, when Mdlle Marimon was unable to complete a performance of "Dinorah" at Philadelphia, Campanini (in the audience) and Annie Louise Cary stepped in to sing the last acts of "Il trovatore" instead, and Campanini's rendition of "Di quella pira" brought the house down and saved the box-office.The London Her Majesty's season of 1880, with Nilsson and Gerster, saw presentations of "Faust", "La sonnambula", "Carmen" and "Aida" under Michael Costa, and also a "Lohengrin" conducted for Mapleson by Hans Richter.