Performance History
Il campiello was first performed at La Scala, Milan on 11 February 1936 under Gino Marinuzzi.
It has remained in the Italian repertory and occasionally been performed abroad. The Fujiwara Opera gave the Japanese premiere in Tokyo in July 1978. They revived it in July 2001 under Marco Titotto, including some Italian singers from the 1992 Trieste production.
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