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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's major opera houses.
Reissue of original 1953 LP cover. The 1953 EMI recording of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca conducted by Victor de Sabata, with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano and Tito Gobbi, is considered by many opera critics to be one of the most notable opera recordings of the 1950s.
Love of a Clown, or Pagliacci, is a 1948 Italian film based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by Mario Costa. The film stars Tito Gobbi and Gina Lollobrigida. It recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the ...
The Barber of Seville (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia) is a 1947 Italian opera film directed by Mario Costa and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Tito Gobbi and Nelly Corradi. It is an adaptation of Gioachino Rossini's 1816 opera The Barber of Seville. [1]
Vienna State Opera chorus (Recorded by Decca for RCA) CD:Decca Cat: 639002 1964 Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi: Georges Prêtre Conservatoire de Paris orchestra Paris Opera chorus CD: EMI Classics Cat: 66444 1964 Maria Callas, Renato Cioni, Tito Gobbi: Carlo Felice Cillario Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Tito Gobbi: Tullio Serafin, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus: Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0724358683028 1960: Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara, Tito Gobbi: Lovro von Matačić Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus: Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0077776396750 1967: James McCracken, Pilar Lorengar, Robert Merrill: Lamberto Gardelli,
Gianni Schicchi de' Cavalcanti was a 13th-century Italian knight, a Florentine historical figure mentioned by Dante in the Inferno, Canto XXX. In that canto, Dante visits the Circle of Impersonators and sees a man savagely attacking another: he is told that the attacker is Schicchi, condemned to Hell for impersonating Buoso Donati and making Donati's will highly favorable to Schicchi.
In over seventy years of the Festival, the stage of Torre del Lago has hosted the most famous and acclaimed names of world opera. Among them was Tito Gobbi, who also made his début as director in Tosca; Mario del Monaco, who chose the Festival as his farewell to the stage in Il Tabarro, and many others who began or ended extraordinary careers.