Ambroise Thomas
As a conductor, Usiglio led the premiere, in 1875, of the new version of Arrigo Boito's "Mefistofele" in Bologna, and in 1877 he conducted the Italian premiere of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" in Naples and of "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas in Venice. In 1889 he led the first Modena performances of "Fosca" by Antonio Gomes.