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Encyclopedia > Tito Gobbi

Tito Gobbi (October 24, 1913March 5, 1984) was an Italian baritone. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is an article on the voice type. ...


Tito was born in Bassano del Grappa and studied law at Padua University before he trained as a singer. He made his operatic debut in 1935 as Count Rudolfo in Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula. In 1942 he made his debut at La Scala in Milan and then appeared at Covent Garden in London in 1951, both times in the role of Belcore in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore. Bassano del Grappa is a city in Vicenza province, region Veneto, Italy. ... Critical legal studies Jurisprudence Law (principle) Legal research Letter versus Spirit List of legal abbreviations Legal code Pointless law Natural justice Natural law Philosophy of law Religious law External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. ... La Sonnambula is an opera by Vincenzo Bellini. ... La Scala The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala for short), in Milan, Italy, is one of the worlds most famous opera houses. ... MILAN 2 Type anti-tank Nationality joint France/German Era Cold War Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle History Builder Date of design Production period Service duration Operators Variants Number built Specifications Type Diameter 0. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Categories: People stubs | 1797 births | 1848 deaths | Opera composers | Romantic composers | Italian composers | People born in Bergamo, Italy ... Lelisir damore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on Eugène Scribes Le Philtre. ...


Rome was to be the base for many of Tito's productions throughout the 1950s and 1960s, for which he created many roles himself. He was noted for his excellent bel canto voice and his talent for verismo (portraying reality in opera). In the 1960s he was involved in stage directing and appeared in 25 films, both in singing and speaking roles. He appeared as 'Baron Scarpia' in an early video of Puccini's Tosca with Maria Callas in the title role. This video represents the best form of both artists. He was a close friend and admirer of Callas, and was interviewed several times specifically about his work with her. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... The term Bel Canto may refer to: Belcanto, a vocal technique; or Bel Canto, a novel by Ann Patchett. ... Verismo is a style of Italian opera distinguished by realistic (sometimes sordid or violent, but not necessarily) depictions of everyday life (especially life of the lower classes), as opposed to historical or mythological subjects. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) is regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Maria Callas in the title role of Donizettis opera Anna Bolena, La Scala, Milan (1957) Maria Callas (Greek name: Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was a Greek-American soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ...


With his wife Tilda, he had one daughter, Cecile.


In later years, he made the Lyric Opera of Chicago his home base. He retired from the operatic stage in 1979 and published an autobiography Tito Gobbi: My Life (1979) and Tito Gobbi and His World of Italian Opera (1984). His brother-in-law was the Bulgarian bass Boris Christoff. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. ... A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... Boris Christoff ( Bulgarian: ) ( May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria – June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. ...


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Tito Gobbi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (267 words)
Tito Gobbi (October 24, 1913 – March 5, 1984) was an Italian baritone.
Tito was born in Bassano del Grappa and studied law at Padua University before he trained as a singer.
Rome was to be the base for many of Tito's productions throughout the 1950s and 1960s, for which he created many roles himself.
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