 But the management partnership split, and Mapleson again dealt with Lumley to obtain Giuglini and Tietjens for a new project at the Lyceum Theatre.Meanwhile, Mapleson had also recruited Adelina Patti, but she was immediately poached by Gye for Covent Garden.The Lyceum company opened on 8 June 1861 with "Il trovatore" with Giuglini and Tietjens, Alboni, Enrico Delle Sedie (who had sung with Giuglini in Milan) and Édouard Gassier, under Luigi Arditi.