Cleofonte Campanini
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Cleofonte Campanini was an Italian conductor and violinist. As a teenager he had a brief but successful career as a concert violinist in Italy and in theaters in Berlin and London. He abandoned the vi
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Chicago Grand Opera Company
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Two grand opera companies in Chicago, Illinois, have gone by the name Chicago Grand Opera Company during the first half of the 20th century. Like many opera ventures in Chicago, both succumbed to fina
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…houses. From 1906 until March 1909 he was artistic director of the Manhattan Opera Company. In November 1909 he was appointed the music director of the Chicago Grand Opera Company and then its successor, the Chicago Opera Association. He is remembered for conducting the world premieres of several operas which have become part of…
The Auditorium Building, home of the Chicago Grand Opera Company