- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Bassano del Grappa, Italy
- Died
- March 5, 1984
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 T…
Filmography
movieCallas Assoluta
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieTosca
1978 · Director, Production Design
Schöne Stimmen
tvSchöne Stimmen
1972 · Self
movieOtello
1966 · Jago
movieMaria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964 · Baron Scarpia
movieMaria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962 · Giacomo Puccini « Tosca, Atto II » extracts (9th February 1964)
movieMaria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)
1958 · Scarpia / Figaro (Baritone)
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
movieFigaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
1955 · Figaro
movieHouse of Ricordi
1954 · Cantante
I Pagliacci
movieI Pagliacci
1954 · Tonio
movieFatal Desire
1954 · Musician
movieGiuseppe Verdi
1953 · Singer - baritone
movieThe Firebird
1952 · Mario Vanni
movieSoho Conspiracy
1950 · Tito Gobbi
movieLa forza del destino
1950 · Don Carlos
movieThe Glass Mountain
1949 · Tito Gobbi
moviePagliacci
1948 · Tonio/Silvio
movieMad About Opera
1948 · Self
First Opera Film Festival
movieFirst Opera Film Festival
1948 · William Tell
movieThe Lost One
1947 · Georg Germont (singing voice)
movieThe Beautiful Days of King Murat
1947 · Prince Castelli
movieThe Barber of Seville
1947 · Figaro
movieThis Wine of Love
1947 · Belcore
movieBefore Him All Rome Trembled
1946 · Marco
movieO sole mio
1946 · Giovanni
movieRigoletto
1946 · Rigoletto
Musica proibita
movieMusica proibita
1942 · Paolo Marini, detto Paolo Folchi
movieGiovanni de Medici: The Leader
1937 · Troubadour Nino