1913-10-24 ( 111 years old ) in 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 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.
Movies
Callas Assoluta
2007-12-20
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964-02-09
Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris
1958-12-19
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
1955-07-29
House of Ricordi
1954-12-01
I Pagliacci
1954-09-24
Giuseppe Verdi
1953-12-22
The Firebird
1952-08-11
Soho Conspiracy
1950-10-01
La forza del destino
1950-01-24
The Glass Mountain
1949-03-09
Pagliacci
1948-12-02
Mad About Opera
1948-08-10
First Opera Film Festival
1948-05-15
La signora dalle camelie
1947-12-22
The Beautiful Days of King Murat
1947-05-13
The Barber of Seville
1947-05-05
L'elisir d'amore
1947-01-31
Before Him All Rome Trembled
1946-10-02
O sole mio
1946-01-07
Rigoletto
1946-01-01
Musica proibita
1942-10-22
Giovanni de Medici: The Leader
1937-01-01
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