 The turning point was the big success of the revised version of "I promessi sposi" in 1872, which brought him a contract with the music publisher G. Ricordi & Co. and the musical establishment at the Conservatory and at La Scala.The role of Lina in the revised version was sung by Teresina Brambilla whom he married in 1874.Their son Annibale became a music critic and minor composer.<ref>Mattera, Angelo (1971).