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. But the major new event of the season, in July, was Boito's "Mefistofele", with Nilsson, Trebelli and Nannetti, and with Campanini as Faust. Costa conducted it 'in his old, resolute and vigilant manner', and the production 'lent a special distinction to the season.' This then went on tour to New York (under Arditi, as usual), where Campanini led the cast for the American premiere at the Academy of Music with Annie Louise Cary, Alwina Valleria and Franco Novara. The same venue saw Mapleson's production of a revised form of "Les vêpres siciliennes" headed by Campanini and Cary with del Puente and Galassi in support. Campanini performed, too, in "La favorita".