Cleofonte Campanini

Cleofonte Campanini was an Italian Conductor. His brother was the tenor Italo Campanini.

He was born in Parma, Italy onSeptember 1860. Campanini studied music at that citys conservatory, making his debut with a performance of Carmen, also in Parma, in 1883. That year he was invited to New York City during the inaugural season of the Metropolitan Opera, and was offered a position as assistant conductor with the company. Five years later he returned to the United States to lead the American premiere of Giuseppe Verdis Otello at the Academy of Music. Desdemona was sung by Eva Tetrazzini, who Campanini had married in 1887.

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