In January 1890, Halton was back in New York music directing the ill-starred premiere of The Gondoliers at the Park Theatre.
When Alan Styler temporarily left D'Oyly Carte later that year, Skitch began to share the larger role of Giuseppe in The Gondoliers and added to his repertory the roles of Archibald Grosvenor in Patience, Strephon in Iolanthe and Pish-Tush in The Mikado.