Image of Tito Gobbi

Tito Gobbi

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.


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Oct 24, 1913 In Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Movie/TV Credits:
23
First Appeared:
In the movie Giovanni de Medici: The Leader 1937-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Callas Assoluta 2007-12-20
Known For
Filmography
Movie Callas Assoluta Self (archive footage) 2007-12-20
Movie Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 Giacomo Puccini « Tosca, Atto II » extracts (9th February 1964) 1962-11-04
Movie Maria Callas: Toujours - Paris 1958 Scarpia / Figaro (Baritone) 1958-12-19
Movie Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia Figaro 1955-07-29
Movie I Pagliacci Tonio 1954-09-24
Movie House of Ricordi Cantante 1954-12-01
Movie Giuseppe Verdi Singer - baritone 1953-12-22
Movie The Firebird Mario Vanni 1952-08-11
Movie La forza del destino Don Carlos 1950-01-24
Movie Soho Conspiracy Tito Gobbi 1950-10-01
Movie The Glass Mountain Tito Gobbi 1949-03-09
Movie First Opera Film Festival William Tell 1948-05-15
Movie Pagliacci Tonio/Silvio 1948-12-02
Movie Mad About Opera Self 1948-08-10
Movie The Barber of Seville Figaro 1947-05-05
Movie L'elisir d'amore Belcore 1947-01-31
Movie The Beautiful Days of King Murat Prince Castelli 1947-05-13
Movie La signora dalle camelie Georg Germont (singing voice) 1947-12-22
Movie Rigoletto Rigoletto 1946-01-01
Movie O sole mio Giovanni 1946-01-07
Movie Before Him All Rome Trembled Marco 1946-10-02
Movie Musica proibita Paolo Marini, detto Paolo Folchi 1942-10-22
Movie Giovanni de Medici: The Leader Troubadour Nino 1937-01-01