Carlo Pasquale Peroni (February 8, 1888 – March 12, 1944) was an Italian opera conductor who served as the musical director of Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Opera Company (SCOC) from 1921 until his death 23 years later.
At the age of 15 he began conducting, leading a 30 piece boys band in Rome.
[2] In 1914, he immigrated to the United States where his career was largely centered for the rest of his life.
[3] After his death in a month later in New York City at the age of 59, he was succeeded by Nicola Rescigno, who later founded the Lyric Opera of Chicago, as musical director of the SCOC.
Peroni married soprano Mary Kaestner in 1917, and she retired from her opera career.