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's major opera houses. By the time he retired in 1979 he had acquired a repertoire of almost 100 operatic roles. They ranged from Mozart's mid-range baritone roles through 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 his wife, Tilde De Rensis, 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. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 24, 1913 (Bassano del Grappa), Died March 5, 1984 (Rome)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1948 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0EA12727 | 10-in. | 2/17/1948 | 'A vucchella | Tito Gobbi | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA12728 | 10-in. | 2/17/1948 | Occhi di fata | Tito Gobbi | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA14562 | 10-in. | 3/29/1950 | Take the sun | Tito Gobbi | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA14563 | 10-in. | 3/29/1950 | La montanara | Tito Gobbi | Male vocal solo, with accordion and guitar | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Gramophone | 2EA12729 | 12-in. | 2/17/1948 | Dicitencello vuie | Tito Gobbi | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gobbi, Tito," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/354439.
Gobbi, Tito. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/354439.
"Gobbi, Tito." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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External Sources
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Gobbi, Tito - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83047127
Wikidata: Tito Gobbi - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q363254
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/64091477
MusicBrainz: Tito Gobbi - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e8762e31-b9c7-46c3-b47b-3c8c1fad59ed
ISNI: 0000 0001 1446 1885 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114461885
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