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The company also encouraged and supported new works by English composers.

Pauline in 1876 ( Frederic Hymen Cowen ), Esmeralda in 1883 ( Arthur Goring Thomas ), Colomba in 1883 and The Troubabour ( Alexander Mackenzie ), and The Canterbury Pilgrims in 1884 ( Charles Villiers Stanford ) were five of the operas commissioned by the company.

Earlier English operas by Wallace, Michael Balfe and Julius Benedict were also included in the company's repertoire ; not just standard works like The Bohemian Girl and Maritana, but less-familiar operas such as Balfe's Satanella ( 1858 ) and Wallace's Lurline ( 1860 ).