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Tito Gobbi

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
26

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 24, 1913 (112 years old)

Place of Birth
Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Tito Gobbi

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

2007Callas Assolutaas Self (archive footage)
1972Schöne Stimmenas Self
1966Otelloas Jago
1964Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act IIas Baron Scarpia
1962Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964as Giacomo Puccini « Tosca, Atto II » extracts (9th February 1964)
1958Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)as Scarpia / Figaro (Baritone)
1955Figaro, il barbiere di Sivigliaas Figaro
1954House of Ricordias Cantante
1954I Pagliaccias Tonio
1953Giuseppe Verdias Singer - baritone
1952The Firebirdas Mario Vanni
1950Soho Conspiracyas Tito Gobbi
1950La forza del destinoas Don Carlos
1949The Glass Mountainas Tito Gobbi
1948Pagliaccias Tonio/Silvio
1948Mad About Operaas Self
1948First Opera Film Festivalas William Tell
1947The Lost Oneas Georg Germont (singing voice)
1947The Beautiful Days of King Muratas Prince Castelli
1947The Barber of Sevilleas Figaro
1947This Wine of Loveas Belcore
1946Before Him All Rome Trembledas Marco
1946O sole mioas Giovanni
1946Rigolettoas Rigoletto
1942Musica proibitaas Paolo Marini, detto Paolo Folchi
1937Giovanni de Medici: The Leaderas Troubadour Nino

Production

1978Tosca...Director
1978Tosca...Production Design
1954Fatal Desire...Musician