Gobbi meaning
- •
The most comprehensive classical music streaming service
Chill with exquisite performances from over 32,000 jazz musicians, from legends to contemporary stars
Explore vibrant ethnic and world music from all across the globe
A collection of beautifully told stories by extraordinary storytellers
Indulge watching the best productions of opera, ballet, classical concerts and documentaries
Your go-to site for information about orchestral and chamber music works
A terrific resource for kids to instill a lifelong love of music
- •
Tito Gobbi
Italian baritone (1913–1984)
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 celebrati
- •
Falstaff (opera)
1893 opera by Giuseppe Verdi
This article is about the opera by Verdi. For operas by other composers, see Falstaff (Salieri) and Falstaff (Balfe).
Falstaff (Italian pronunciation:[ˈfalstaf]) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan.
Verdi wrote Falstaff, the last of his 26 operas, as he approached the age of 80. It was his second comedy, and his third work based on a Shakespeare play, following Macbeth and Otello. The plot revolves around the thwarted, sometimes farcical, efforts of the fat knight Sir John Falstaff to seduce two married women to gain access to their husbands' wealth.
Verdi was concerned about working on a new opera at his advanced age, but he yearned to write a comic work and was pleased with Boito's draft libretto. It took the collaborators three ye
Copyright ©cafebee.pages.dev 2025