La muette de Portici
In the following years he also started to practise as a choreographer, especially in Lisbon and, to a lesser extent, also in Oporto, in Vienna, and in Russia, but with less success; performances of "Belisario" and "Gli esiliati in Siberia" (1831) by Gaetano Donizetti, and "La muette de Portici" by Daniel Auber (1838) were warmly received by critics and audience.