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'''Antonia Campi''', ''née'' '''Antonina Miklasiewicz''' (10 December 1773 – 1 October 1822) was a Polish operatic [[soprano]].

== Life ==
Born in Lublin, she began her career in 1785 in Lublin. In 1788, she became a singer at the court of [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]] in Warsaw. In 1789, she studied at the Royal School of Singing. She quickly became a celebrity in Poland as well as abroad for her unusual voice: she could sing three octaves.<ref>{{ref|Fétis|p. 168}}: « L'étendue de la la voix de M<sup>me</sup> Campi sortait des bornes ordinaires, car elle commençait au ''sol'' grave et allait jusqu'au ''fa'' suraigu, c'est-à-dire trois octaves environ plus haut »</ref> She was invited to perform in Warsaw and also in concerts around Prague, where she settled in 1791, in the company of the impresario Guardoni<ref name=Operissimo>{{quote|Operissimo}}.</ref> There she married the first singer of the opera, the bass Gaetano Campi.<ref name=OEML>{{quote|OEML}}.</ref> 2 February 1791.<ref name=BLKÖ2>{{cref|BLKÖ2}}</ref> They had 17 children, with 4 pairs of twins and once triplets.<ref name=BLKÖ2/>

At the opening of the new theatre built by [[Emanuel Schikaneder]] in Vienna on 13 June 1801, she came to sing the role of Clara in [[Franz Teyber]]'s opera ''Alessandro''. The Italian composer [[Ferdinando Paer]] wrote especially for her the opera ''Sargino, ossia l'allievo d'amore'' (Vienna, 1803).

From 1818 to 1822 she was engaged as [[prima donna]] at the court theatre in Vienna.<ref name=OEML/> In 1818, she was appointed first imperial singer (''ersten kaiserlichen Sängerin'').<ref name=OEML/>

In 1817 and 1820, Campi made an artistic trip to Europe: to Italy, Germany ([[Mannheim]] in September 1818, [[Leipzig]] and [[Dresden]] in October 1818) and Poland (Warsaw in September 1820).<ref name=WeGA>{{quote|WeGA}}.</ref> She was particularly appreciated for her interpretations of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operas.

She died on 1 October 1822 at the age of 48 of [[meningitis]] during a tour in Munich.

== Interpretations ==
=== In premieres ===
* Servilia in Mozart's ''[[La clemenza di Tito]]'', 6 September 1791 at the [[National Theatre (Prague)|National Theatre Prague]] (under the name Signora Antonini).<ref>Walther Brauneis, ''Wer war Mozarts "Sig[no]ra Antonini" in der Prager Uraufführung von 'La Clemenza di Tito' KV 621? Zur Identifizierung der Antonina Miklaszewicz als Interpretin der Servilia in der Krönungsoper am 6. September 1791'', in Rudolph Angermüller e Giacomo Fornari (a cura di), ''Mozart : le arie da concerto, Mozart e la musica massonica dei suoi tempi / die Konzertarien, Mozart und die Freimaurermusik seiner Zeit. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Rovereto, 26–27 September 1998 / Bericht des internationalen Kongresses, Rovereto, 26–27 September 1998'', Bad Honnef, Bock, 2001, {{pp.|69|79}}. {{ISBN|9783870668259}}.</ref>

=== Other===
* La Contessa in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'',<ref name=Eisenberg/>
* Donna Anna in ''[[Don Juan (Strauss)|Don Juan]]'',<ref name=Eisenberg/> 
* Constanza in ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'',<ref name=Eisenberg/> 
* The Queen of the Night in ''[[The Magic Flute]]'',<ref name=Eisenberg>{{quote|Eisenberg}}.</ref>
* Vitellia in ''[[La clemenza di Tito]]''.<ref>{{quote|Fétis|p. 168}}.</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|language=de|author=Constantin von Wurzbach|chapter=[[s:BLKÖ:Campi, Antonia|Campi, Antonia]]|title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 2. Theil|editor= Verlag der typografisch-literarisch-artistischen Anstalt (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.)|location=Vienna|date= 1857|page= 247|ref=BLKÖ2}}
* {{cite book|chapter=[[s:BLKÖ:Miklasiewicz, Antonia|Miklasiewicz, Antonia]] |author=Constantin von Wurzbach|title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 18. Theil|editor=Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei|location=Vienna|date= 1868|page=269|language=de|ref=BLKÖ18}}
* {{cite book|language=de|author=Ludwig Eisenberg|title=Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert|editor=Paul List|location=Leipzig|date= 1903|chapter=Campi Antoinette|page= 149|publisher=Leipzig P. List|chapter-url=https://www.archive.org/stream/ludwigeisenberg00eiseuoft#page/149/mode/1up|ref=Eisenberg}}
* {{cite book|language=de|chapter= Campi (eig. Miklasiewicz), Antonia|author=Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz|title=Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online edition|location=Vienna|date= 2002|isbn=3-7001-3077-5|volume= 1|editor=Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften|url=http://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_C/Campi_Antonia.xml|ref=OEML}}
* {{cite book|author=Albert Sowinski|chapter=Campi (Antonia)|title=Les musiciens polonais et slaves anciens et modernes dictionnaire biographique des compositeurs, chanteurs ... Précédé d'un résumé de l'histoire de la musique en Pologne et de la description d'anciens instruments slaves|language=fr|pages=109–11|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_-b3dWrUjeGMC#page/n123/mode/2up/search/%22Antonia+Campi%22|ref=Sowinski|editor=Adrien Le Clere et C<sup>ie</sup>|location=Paris|year=1857|publisher=Librairie Adrien Le Clere et C.ie}}
* {{cite book|author=François-Joseph Fétis|chapter=Campi (Antonia)|title=Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique|language=fr|volume=2|pages=167–168|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k69718c/f172.image|ref=Fétis|year=1866|editor=Firmin-Didot}}

== External links ==
* {{DNB portal|116436751}}
* {{cite web|language=de|title=Campi, Antonia (1773-1822), Sopranistin|url=http://www.bmlo.uni-muenchen.de/c0033|access-date=19 March 2021}}
* {{cite web|language=de|title=Campi, Antonia|url=http://www.weber-gesamtausgabe.de/de/A000259.html|access-date=19 March 2021|ref=WeGA}}

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