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Tito Gobbi (24 October 1913 – 5 March 1984) was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation.
1953
Tito Gobbi (24 October 1913 – 5 March 1984) was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation.
He made his operatic debut in Gubbio in 1935 as Count Rodolfo in Bellini's La sonnambula and quickly appeared in Italy major opera houses. By the time he retired in 1979 he had acquired a repertoire of almost 100 operatic roles. They ranged from Rossini's Barber through Donizetti and the standard Verdi and Puccini baritone roles to Alban Berg's Wozzeck. He had a worldwide career as operatic baritone, appearing in (or recording the singing role) for over 25 films and, from the mid-1960s onward, was the stage director for about ten different operas which were given close to 35 productions throughout Europe and North America, including a significant number in Chicago for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Gobbi and Tilda had a daughter, Cecilia, who now runs the "Associazione Musicale Tito Gobbi", an organization devoted to preserving and celebrating the record of her father's contribution to opera. He was also the brother-in-law of one of his famous colleagues at Covent Garden, the Bulgarian-born bass, Boris Christoff. Gobbi retired in 1979 and died in Rome in 1984, aged 70.
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 24, 1913
Died
March 5, 1984
Birthplace
Bassano del Grappa, Italy
House of Ricordi
1954
Giuseppe Verdi
1953
The Glass Mountain
1949
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964
The Firebird
1952
Giovanni de Medici: The Leader
1937
Callas Assoluta
2007
Mad About Opera
1948
Pagliacci
1948
Rigoletto
1946
Soho Conspiracy
1950
L'elisir d'amore
1947
The Barber of Seville
1947
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
1955
La signora dalle camelie
1947
Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)
1958
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962
Otello
1966
O sole mio
1946
La forza del destino
1950
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