Tito Gobbi; "O Carlo, ascolta"; DON CARLO; Giuseppe Verdi

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. =============== Tito Gobbi--baritone Umberto Berretoni--conductor Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano 1942 ================== “Tito Gobbi, the Italian operatic baritone, died in Rome yesterday at the age of 68. He had been suffering from cancer. Mr. Gobbi earned enormous respect for his convincing character portrayals. His skill as an operatic actor, indeed, was thought by many to overshadow his talents as a singer. He was identified most readily with the role of Scarpia in Puccini’s ’’Tosca.’’ He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in that part in 1956. His last performance at the Met was also as Scarpia in 1976, a performance that marked Dorothy Kirsten’s farewell to the house. In the Met years between, he sang the role altogether 22 times in New York and six times on tour. Mr. Gobbi also played Scarpia opposite Maria Callas’s Tosca