Early Days
Born in Parma, Campanini studied at the Parma Conservatory before making his operatic debut as Manrico in Il trovatore, in 1869, in Odessa. Further study with Francesco Lamperti in Milan followed, and in 1871 he returned to the stage in Bologna, scoring his first major success in the Italian premiere of Lohengrin.
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Cruel bird, thou’st ta’en away
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By all that waking eyes may see.
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Nothing half so sweet and fair,
Nothing half so good, canst bring,
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