The Glass Mountain
1950
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Oct 24, 2017 · By David Salazar. Tito Gobbi is arguably one of the greatest, if not the greatest baritone of the 20 th century. Born on Oct. 24, 1913, his career really took off after the second World War with the singer performing all around the world in a wide range of great Italian repertoire. He not only sang with a gorgeous baritone sound that featured ...
Mar 6, 1984 · Tito Gobbi, the Italian operatic baritone, died in Rome yesterday at the age of 68. He had been suffering from cancer. Mr. Gobbi earned enormous respect for his convincing character portrayals...
Antony Craig explores the recorded legacy of the great Tito Gobbi - and recommends ten indispensable operas on disc. I first saw the great Italian baritone Tito Gobbi on stage at Covent Garden in 1963, by which time his operatic recording career had been going on for more than 20 years.
Gobbi, Tito, famous Italian baritone; b. Bassano del Grappa, near Venice, Oct. 24, 1913; d. Rome, March 5, 1984. He received vocal lessons from Barone Zanchetta in Bassano del Grappa before going to Rome to train with Giulio Crimi, then made his operatic debut as Count Rodolfo in La Sonnambula in Gubbio (1935).
Tito Gobbi was one of the great iconic voices of the 20th Century and the leading operatic baritone of his era. His interpretations of the buffa roles of Figaro, Gianni Schicci and Falstaff, the famous Verdi roles for baritone – Rigoletto, Nabucco, Macbeth and Iago in Otello, and most especially his portrayal of Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca ...
Sep 26, 2016 · Published by Trevor Gillis on September 26, 2016. Italian baritone Tito Gobbi was a prolific and versatile performer and stage director from his debut in 1935 to his retirement in 1979. He appeared in over 25 film versions of operas and played Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca almost 1,000 times.
Died Rome, 5 March 1984. Italian baritone. Tito Gobbi was a leading singing actor in the decades after the Second World War, and possessor of a beautifully-schooled and distinctive voice. He was particularly renowned for his interpretations of the Verdi baritone roles, but also acted a frightening Scarpia, as well as performing leading roles by ...
