In 1900 Musgrove took a grand opera company to Australia, consisting mainly of artists from the Carl Rosa Opera Company with Gustave Slapoffski as the conductor, which performed "Tannhäuser", "The Flying Dutchman" and many other well-known operas. In 1903 he was responsible for acclaimed productions of Shakespeare, played in several cities in Australia, including "Twelfth Night, or What You Will", "As You Like It", and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Also in 1903, he presented Nellie Melba in her first and most successful concert tour of Australia and New Zealand.