Bruno Campanella

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. and conducting with Hans Swarowsky and Thomas Schippers. At the Vienna State Opera, he also headed Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix and Verdi's Jérusalem; At La Scala in Milan, he conducted Rora's Il cappello di paglia di Firenze and La Cenerentola. 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". 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. in Florence.

Discography Among his recordings are:

Bel Canto Arias, with Kathleen Battle (CD Deutsche Grammophon, 1993). Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment, with Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez (DVD Virgin Classics, 2007). Donizetti: L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, with Enzo Dara and Luciana Serra (CD Fonit Cetra, Warner Music Group, 1994). Niccolò Piccinni: La Cecchina, ossia La buona figliuola (2002). Verdi: Macbeth, with Carlos Àlvarez, Maria Guleghina and Roberto Scandiuzzi (DVD Opus Arte, 2005). Verdi: La traviata, with Renato Bruson, Mariella Devia and Giuseppe Filianoti (DVD La Voce, Inc., 2006). Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri, with Jennifer Larmore, Bruce Ford and Simone Alaimo (DVD TDK Music, 2007).