Name Giuseppe Campora Role Operatic tenor | Movies Aida, La Gioconda | |
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Died December 5, 2004, Tortona, Italy Albums Madama Butterfly, Giuseppe Campora II Similar People Alberto Erede, Enzo Mascherini, Renata Tebaldi, Fernando Corena, Giovanni Inghilleri | ||
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Giuseppe Campora (September 30, 1923 – December 5, 2004) was an Italian operatic tenor.
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- Part iii rare and unknown voices giuseppe campora
- Giuseppe Campora Chella mi creda La fanciulla del West
- Early life
- Career
- Death
- References
Giuseppe Campora - Ch'ella mi creda - La fanciulla del West
Early life
Giuseppe Campora was born on September 30, 1923 in Tortona, Italy.
Career
Campora was a Puccinian tenor. In 1954 he was the dubbed voice for Nicolai Filacuridi as Pinkerton in the Carmine Gallone directed film of Madama Butterfly.
Campora enjoyed successes in all the major theatres of Italy (including Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur with Magda Olivero at the Teatro alla Scala, 1958), as well as at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where his performances of the 1950s and 1960s are still fondly remembered. He was the Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, in Maria Callas's only Met broadcast, in 1956. In 1973, he debuted at the New York City Opera as the Chevalier des Grieux, in Manon. In 1980, he was heard at the San Diego Opera in Die Fledermaus, opposite Dame Joan Sutherland and Beverly Sills, in their only joint appearance. He also frequently sang the music of fellow Tortonese Lorenzo Perosi.
His discography includes recordings of La forza del destino (1952), La Gioconda (1952), Madama Butterfly (with Renata Tebaldi, 1952), Simon Boccanegra (with Victoria de los Ángeles, Tito Gobbi and Boris Christoff, 1957), Tosca (with Tebaldi and Enzo Mascherini, 1952) and La traviata (1952).
Death
Campora died on December 5, 2004.