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In 1838 he became conductor of the English opera at [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] during the period of [[Michael William Balfe]]'s great popularity; his own operas produced there were ''The Gipsy's Warning'' (1838), ''The Brides of Venice'' (1844), and ''The Crusaders'' (1846). In 1848 he conducted [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s ''[[Elijah (oratorio)|Elijah]]'' at [[Exeter Hall]], for the first appearance of [[Jenny Lind]] in [[oratorio]], and in 1850 he went to America as the accompanist and conductor on that singer's tour.
On his return in 1852 he became musical conductor under [[James Henry Mapleson]]'s management at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] (and afterwards at Drury Lane), and in the same year conductor of the Harmonic Union. Amongst his minor works is an ''Andantino for [[Concertina]] and [[Fortepiano]]'' written in 1858. Benedict wrote recitatives for the production of an Italian-language version of Weber's ''[[Oberon (Weber)|Oberon]]'' in 1860 (it was then the tradition in England to perform German operas in Italian). In the same year
His best-known opera, ''[[The Lily of Killarney]]'', written on the subject of [[Dion Boucicault]]'s play ''[[The Colleen Bawn]]'' to a [[libretto]] by [[John Oxenford]], was produced at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] in 1862. His [[operetta]] ''The Bride of Song'' was brought out there in 1864.
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