Word: gobbi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Donizetti: Elixir of Love (Margherita Carosio, Nicola Monti, Tito Gobbi; Rome Opera chorus and orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini; Victor, 2 LPs). A 123-year-old take-off on the Tristan legend involving a desirable and wealthy wench, her two swains, a phony love potion and a welter of sunny tunes (including Una furtiva lagrima). A painless score, handsomely performed...
Puccini: Tosco (Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Victor de Sabata; Angel, 2 LPs). The seventh complete version of Puccini's old pulse-bumper, and one of the best. The name part is sung fervently and in high style by Brooklyn-born Soprano Callas...
...Scala had worked hard to make Wozzeck a success. When Italian sopranos showed little interest in learning the exacting role of Wozzeck's faithless mistress Marie, Mitropoulos gave it to Soprano Dorothy Dow, of Galveston, Texas. The part of the plodding, unhappy Wozzeck went to Italian Baritone Tito Gobbi. Milan admired them both. Another successful touch was the scenery; instead of going in strong for realism, Designer Gianni Ratto made his sets shadowy and changeable, to keep the audience under the emotional spell of Berg's music...
...things, one of lesser, one of greater importance make this movie unusual. First, the photography: ranging from England to the Italian Alps to Rome, the camera picks up some beautiful and spectacular backgrounds for its central shots. Second, the music: Tito Gobbi's excellent baritone voice alone would make the picture worth attending. And Elena Rizzerieria, who joins Gobbi in singing the "Glass Mountain," the operatic composition from which the picture gets its name, also has a fine voice. With these two "The Glass Mountain" is good entertainment...
Though "Rigoletto" is irritating for its failure to make use of the latitude the cinema offers, it is nevertheless a film no opera-lover should miss. Both vocally and dramatically, it is doubtful if a better "Rigoletto" could be arranged. Tito Gobbi, in the title role, is likely to make a lasting impression on the spectator. In both his sound and his fury, he is a thrill to hear and see. All of the other parts are well done; notably Anna Maria Canali as Maddalena and Marcella Govini as Gilda. I feared for a while that Miss Govini...