Codice albumGBB-F-001076

Codice inventarioGBB-F-001076-0000

1908, NEW YORK, USA : The celebrated italian music conductor CLEOFONTE CAMPANINI (Parma, 1860 - Chicago, 1919), right in this photo, in front of stage-door of Metropolitan Opera Theatre with OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN I (1847 1919),theater impresario. Born in Parma, Campanini studied music at that city's conservatory, making his debut with a performance of " Carmen " by Bizet, 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 Verdi's Otello at the Academy of Music. Desdemona was sung by Eva Tetrazzini, who Campanini had married in 1887.Campanini conducted at La Scala for three years, where he conducted the premiere of Puccini's Madama Butterfly in 1904.

:

Data ripresa