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Tito Gobbi
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Film & TV
Bassano del Grappa, Italy
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…
Known for
- Callas Assoluta — Self (archive footage)2007
- Schöne Stimmen — Self1972
- Otello — Jago1966
- Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II — Baron Scarpia1964
- Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 — Giacomo Puccini « Tosca, Atto II » extracts (9th February 1964)1962
- Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958) — Scarpia / Figaro (Baritone)1958
- Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia — Figaro1955
- House of Ricordi — Cantante1954
- I Pagliacci — Tonio1954
- Giuseppe Verdi — Singer - baritone1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tito
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Bassano del Grappa
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Tito Gobbi 3 Allan Warren.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Tito Gobbi
- date of birth
- 1913-10-24
- date of death
- 1984-03-05
- relative
- Hilda Gobbi
- name in native language
- Tito Gobbi
- place of burial
- Campo Verano
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Encyclopedic overview
Gobbi in 1973 (photo by Allan Warren) 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's major opera houses. By the time he retired in 1979 he had acquired a repertoire of almost 100 operatic roles. They ranged from Mozart's mid-range baritone roles through 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.
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