Italo Campanini by Falk

ITALIO CAMPANINI
(June 30, 1845 – November 14, 1896)
Italian Tenor
Campanini studied at the Parma Conservatory before making his operatic debut as Manrico in Il trovatore, in 1869, in Odessa. Further study with Francesco Lamperti in Milan.On May 4, 1872 the tenor made his London debut as Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia.His first American appearances at the Academy of Music, New York, in 1873 in performances of Les Huguenots .On 26 November 1873 he was Rhadames in Max Strakosch's production of Aida.