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Tito Gobbi
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 Be…
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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.
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2007
Callas Assoluta
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1978
Tosca - Metropolitan Opera
Movie Director
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1972
Schöne Stimmen
TV show Self
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1966
Otello
Movie Jago
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1964
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Movie Baron Scarpia
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1962
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Movie Giacomo Puccini « Tosca, Atto II » extracts (9th February 1964)
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1958
Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)
Movie Scarpia / Figaro (Baritone)
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1955
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
Movie Figaro
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1954
House of Ricordi
Movie Cantante
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1954
I Pagliacci
Movie Tonio
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1954
Fatal Desire
Movie Musician
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1953
Giuseppe Verdi
Movie Singer - baritone
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1952
The Firebird
Movie Mario Vanni
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1950
Soho Conspiracy
Movie Tito Gobbi
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1950
La forza del destino
Movie Don Carlos
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1949
The Glass Mountain
Movie Tito Gobbi
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1948
Pagliacci
Movie Tonio/Silvio
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1948
Mad About Opera
Movie Self
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1948
First Opera Film Festival
Movie William Tell
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1947
The Lost One
Movie Georg Germont (singing voice)
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1947
The Beautiful Days of King Murat
Movie Prince Castelli
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1947
The Barber of Seville
Movie Figaro
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1947
This Wine of Love
Movie Belcore
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1946
Before Him All Rome Trembled
Movie Marco
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1946
O sole mio
Movie Giovanni
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1946
Rigoletto
Movie Rigoletto
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1942
Musica proibita
Movie Paolo Marini, detto Paolo Folchi
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1937
Giovanni de Medici: The Leader
Movie Troubadour Nino
