Campagnola, Léon
(1875–1955)> VOCALIST
Campagnola, Léon (8 February 1875, Marseilles; 11 January 1955, Paris), vocalist, studied at Marseilles and Paris before making his debut at the Opéra as Charles Gounod’s Roméo on 2 June 1910. He joined the Opéra-Comique in 1913 and remained in the French capital for the remainder of his career except for excursions to Chicago, Milan, and London. He bid farewell to the stage in Brussels in 1919 and returned to Paris to teach and to paint. His well disciplined tenor voice evoked applause…