Léon Campagnola
At the conservatory of Marseille, he was trained as a baritone; further studies in Paris made him become a
tenor. He made his debut in Versailles as Vincent (1903), then sang in Belgium (Mons, Gent, Antwerp) and Geneva for the next
few years. In 1908, he returned to France, singing in Tours, Toulouse, Toulon and Nîmes, and in 1910 arrived at the
Paris Opéra, where his debut role was Roméo; he sang also Duca there, Gounod's Faust, Armel (in Gwendoline
by Chabrier), David, and Gennaro (I gioielli della Madonna).
In 1913, he went to the US (Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles), only to return to France when World War I broke out, appearing in
Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse or Bordeaux until 1926.
After retiring, he was a voice teacher, and a painter.
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
Lakmé – Mons, Royal, 11 October 1903 Hérodiade – Mons, Royal La favorite – Mons, Royal La Navarraise – Mons, Royal Faust – Mons, Royal Rigoletto – Mons, Royal Pagliacci – Mons, Royal Manon – Mons, Royal Carmen – Mons, Royal La bohème – Mons, Royal Werther – Mons, Royal Mignon – Mons, Royal Roméo et Juliette – Mons, Royal, February 1904 Les pêcheurs de perles – Mons, Royal, 24 March 1904 Sapho – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 1904/1905 Moïna (composer: de Lara) – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 1904/1905 Mireille – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 1904/1905 La traviata – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 1904/1905 Le barbier de Séville – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 1904/1905 Le dolmen – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 1904/1905 Tosca – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 25 January 1905 Louise – Gent, Grand Théâtre, 17 March 1905 Si j'étais roi – Tours, Municipal, 23 April-31 May 1905 Hamlet – Tours, Municipal, 23 April-31 May 1905 Le jongleur de Notre-Dame – Tours, Municipal, 23 April-31 May 1905 Cavalleria rusticana – Tours, Municipal, Easter 1906 Oberon – Genève, Grand Théâtre, 8 January 1907 Le chemineau – Tours, Municipal, Easter 1908 Zazà – Genève, Grand Théâtre, 22 February 1907 Fortunio – Antwerp, Royal, 12 November 1907 Manon Lescaut – Antwerp, Royal, 12 December 1907 La bohème (Leoncavallo) – Antwerp, Royal, 30 January 1908 Les pêcheurs de la Saint Jean – Antwerp, Royal, 24 March 1908 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (David) – Paris, Opéra, 17 February 1911 Les heures de l'amour – Monte Carlo, Garnier, 21 March 1911 Gwendoline – Paris, Opéra, 5 May 1911 Alceste – Orange, Théâtre Antique, 21 July 1912 I gioielli della Madonna – Paris, Opéra, 22 February 1913 Reference: The Record Collector, Volume 48, No 4, December 2003. |
