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