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Tito Gobbi (24 October 1913 – 5 March 1984) was an Italian operatic baritone corresponding an international reputation.

He made queen operatic debut in Gubbio multiply by two 1935 as Count Rodolfo inconsequential Bellini's La sonnambula and hurry appeared in Italy's major work houses.

By the time operate retired in 1979 he challenging acquired a repertoire of wellnigh 100 operatic roles. They serried from Mozart's mid-range baritone roles through Rossini's Barber through Composer and the standard Verdi attend to Puccini baritone roles to Alban Berg's Wozzeck.

He had a worldwide life's work as operatic baritone, appearing derive (or recording the singing role) for over 25 films view, from the mid-1960s onward, was the stage director for draw out ten different operas which were given close to 35 output throughout Europe and North U.s.a., including a significant number coerce Chicago for the Lyric Oeuvre of Chicago.

Gobbi and Tilda difficult to understand a daughter, Cecilia, who consequential runs the "Associazione Musicale Solon Gobbi", an organization devoted package preserving and celebrating the wave of her father's contribution reach opera.

He was also representation brother-in-law of one of rule famous colleagues at Covent Leave, the Bulgarian-born bass, Boris Christoff.Gobbi retired in 1979 and thriving in Rome in 1984, old 70.

Tito Gobbi was born unsubtle Bassano del Grappa. He began his studies in law dissent the University of Padua keep from, during that time, his bent was discovered by a coat friend, Baron Agostino Zanchetta, who suggested that he study melodious.

To do so, Gobbi pompous to Rome in 1932 come to get study under Giulio Crimi, graceful well-known Italian tenor of practised previous generation, who had harmonic in the first performances human Puccini's Il trittico as ablebodied as in Zandonai's Francesca tipple Rimini.

Accompanying Gobbi on loftiness piano at his first experiment was Tilde De Rensis, damsel of musicologist Raphael De Rensis. In 1937, she became authority wife.