Campocasso, real name Auguste Deloche, (30 September 1833 – August 1908) was a 19th-century French theatre director.

After he had managed the Theatre of Lille, and then the one in Algiers in 1865, this deft impresario was appointed director of the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1873. After two seasons, he left the city to become director of the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

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He was named director of the Grand Théâtre de Marseille in 1876, a position he kept until 1881, then was several times director of the Théâtre de Lyon.

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Career

1863-1865: Lille

1865-1867: Alger

1867-1868: Anvers

1869-1870: Toulouse

1870-1873: Paris

1873-1875: Brussels

1875-1876: Paris

1876-1881: Marseille

1881-1882: Lyon

1883-1884: Rouen

1885-1886: Marseille

1886-1887: Lyon

1888-1889: Lyon

1892-1893: Paris

1894-1895: Lyon

French theatre directors

Opera managers

People from Albert, Somme

1833 births

1908 deaths

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