Bruno Campanella

Bruno Campanella
Colour studio publicity shot of a clean-shaven, half-smiling Campanella with grey hair brushed back. His face is bowed, while his dark eyes look intently up to the camera.
Campanella in the 1990s
Born(1943-01-06)6 January 1943
Bari, Kingdom of Italy
Died4 August 2026(2026-08-04) (aged 83)
Florence, Italy
OccupationConductor
OrganizationsTeatro Regio di Torino
AwardsOrdre des Arts et des Lettres

Bruno Campanella (6 January 1943 – 4 August 2026) was an Italian conductor and a distinguished interpreter of the Italian opera at major opera houses including the Opéra National de Paris, La Scala in Milan and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He was principal conductor at the Teatro Regio di Torino from 1992 to 1995.

Life and career

Campanella was born in Bari on 6 January 1943.[1][2] Following studies at the Flacco in Bari, he received diplomas in composition and conducting at the Florence Conservatory.[1] Campanella studied composition with Nino Rota and Luigi Dallapiccola[3] and conducting with Hans Swarowsky and Thomas Schippers.[2] In addition, he got a degree in philosophy and completed a thesis about Buddhism.[1]

He began his career in the late 1970s, and became recognised internationally as competent for Italian Bel Canto opera,[3] recording works by Rossini and Donizetti.[2]

Campanella performed at major theatres internationally; at the Opéra National de Paris he conducted performances of Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Norma, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, La Cenerentola, Guillaume Tell and Il barbiere di Siviglia.[4] At the Vienna State Opera, he also headed Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix and Verdi's Jérusalem;[4][5] At La Scala in Milan, he conducted Rora's Il cappello di paglia di Firenze and La Cenerentola.[4] He headed at the Metropolitan Opera of New York City in the 1999/2000 season La Cenerentola and Il barbiere di Siviglia. Anthony Tommasini from The New York Times noted that the 1982 production by John Cox, with Thomas Hampson in the title role, was "essentially charming", and that Campanella "led a supple and lithe account of the score".[6] Later Campanella conducted there also L'italiana in Algeri and Bellini's Il pirata. At the Royal Opera House in London, he led a new production of La Fille du Régiment on 14 January 2007, directed by Laurent Pelly. A reviewer noted that he conducted "with great style and collaborative sympathy for the singers".[7] He worked at the San Francisco Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Opéra de Montréal, the Opéra National de Paris, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Municipal Theatre of Santiago, and the New National Theatre Tokyo.[2][3]

He served as principal conductor at the Teatro Regio di Torino from 1992 to 1995.[2][3] He then became the Teatro Regio's principal guest conductor.[4] Beginning in 1984, his performances in Turin included L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, Il barbiere di Siviglia (in both 1987 and 1991), Donizetti's Don Pasquale and L'elisir d'amore (both in 1988), L'Italiana in Algeri in 1992, in 1993 Verdi's Falstaff, Lucia di Lammermoor and I Capuleti e i Montecchi, in 1994 La cenerentola, La fille du régiment and Jérusalem, in 1995 Britten's The Turn of the Screw (opera), in 1996 I puritani and Massenet's Cendrillon, in 1997 Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, and in 1999 Rossini's Le comte Ory, Verdi's La traviata and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.[4]

In 2002, the French Ministry of Culture awarded him the title of Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[1]

Campanella died after a long illness on 4 August 2026, at the age of 83,[1][2] in Florence.[8][9]

Discography

Among his recordings are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bruno Campanella: A Maestro's Final Curtain". Il Messaggero. 4 August 2026. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "El director de orquesta italiano Bruno Campanella fallece a los 83 años". Platea (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 August 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Franck, Rémy (5 August 2026). "Italian conductor Bruno Campanella passed away at 83". Pizzicato. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Campanella Bruno". Operissimo. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Vorstellungen mit Bruno Campanella". Spielplanarchiv der Wiener Staatsoper (in German). Archived from the original on 5 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (15 March 2000). "A Barber With His Altered Agenda". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Eskenazi, Melanie (15 March 2000). "Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment". musicweb-international.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "È morto il direttore Bruno Campanella: era originario di Bari, con lui il belcanto tornò centrale". www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it. 5 August 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026. Campanella è morto il 4 agosto all'ospedale di Careggi, a Firenze, dove era ricoverato per una malattia. (Campanella died on August 4th at Careggi Hospital in Florence, where he was hospitalized for an illness.)
  9. ↑ Manetti, Roberta (5 August 2026). "Morto a Firenze il maestro Bruno Campanella, fra i più autorevoli interpreti del Belcanto". Firenze Post (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Breiholz, Jochen (1 September 2007). "Gioachino Rossini / Il barbiere di Siviglia". Rondo (in German). Archived from the original on 22 November 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Fischer, Guido (9 August 2008). "Gaetano Donizetti / La fille du régiment". Rondo (in German). Archived from the original on 17 December 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Noema". lamaisondelalirique.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 16 March 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  13. ↑ Cummings, Robert (2006). "Verdi / La Traviata". classical.net. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  14. ↑ Fischer, Guido (24 July 2010). "Gioachino Rossini / L'Italiana in Algeri". Rondo (in German). Archived from the original on 5 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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