Movies: Tito Gobbi

  • 1953
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Giuseppe Verdi (1953)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    5.51953HD

    The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas....

    Giuseppe Verdi
  • 1950
    Soho Conspiracy

    Soho Conspiracy (1950)

    Soho Conspiracy

    3.51950HD

    The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants to take over a restaurant, but the situation is saved by local co-operation....

    Soho Conspiracy
  • 1946
    Before Him All Rome Trembled

    Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)

    Before Him All Rome Trembled

    61946HD

    An opera singer hides an American soldier in his house in Nazi-occupied Rome....

    Before Him All Rome Trembled
  • 1954
    House of Ricordi

    House of Ricordi (1954)

    House of Ricordi

    6.21954HD

    The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully dr...

    House of Ricordi
  • 1947
    L'elisir d'amore

    L'elisir d'amore (1947)

    L'elisir d'amore

    3.51947HD

    Nemorino is hopelessly in love with Adina but she is attracted to a dashing captain....

    L'elisir d'amore
  • 1950
    La forza del destino

    La forza del destino (1950)

    La forza del destino

    51950HD

    Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father....

    La forza del destino
  • 1955
    Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia

    Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia (1955)

    Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia

    01955HD

    Cinematic version of Rossini's opera in which Count Almaviva wins the heart of beautiful Rosina with the help of Figaro, the barber of Seville....

    Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
  • 1937
    Giovanni de Medici: The Leader

    Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937)

    Giovanni de Medici: The Leader

    5.61937HD

    Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy....

    Giovanni de Medici: The Leader
  • 2007
    Callas Assoluta

    Callas Assoluta (2007)

    Callas Assoluta

    6.52007HD

    This revealing documentary from director Philippe Kohly examines the storied life of renowned soprano Maria Callas, from her troubled childhood in New York City to her scandal-laden but triumphant international career in opera. Featuring archival int...

    Callas Assoluta
  • 1958
    Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris

    Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris (1958)

    Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris

    8.51958HD

    The career of Maria Callas was just a bit too early and too brief to receive full and satisfying video documentation like that now being accorded to such singers as Renée Fleming and Luciano Pavarotti. This black-and-white televised recital (Callas's...

    Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris
  • 1949
    The Glass Mountain

    The Glass Mountain (1949)

    The Glass Mountain

    61949HD

    An aspiring composer, in the British Air Force for WWII, is downed in Italy and rescued by an Italian girl. He returns home to his wife, inspired to write an opera and aware that he's fallen in love with his rescuer....

    The Glass Mountain
  • 1978
    Tosca

    Tosca (1978)

    Tosca

    01978HD

    A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting S...

    Tosca
  • 1948
    First Opera Film Festival

    First Opera Film Festival (1948)

    First Opera Film Festival

    01948HD

    An anthology of four abbreviated operas: "William Tell" by Rossini, "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti, and "Carmen" by Bizet. Filmed in Italy with major opera stars, and accompanied by English narration....

    First Opera Film Festival
  • 1947
    La signora dalle camelie

    La signora dalle camelie (1947)

    La signora dalle camelie

    01947HD

    A courtesan sacrifices her relationship with a youthful admirer after the man's father pleads with her. Adapted from Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera in the three acts "La Traviata"....

    La signora dalle camelie
  • 1942
    Musica proibita

    Musica proibita (1942)

    Musica proibita

    01942HD

    Paola (Tito Gobbi) is a successful, but lonely and aging opera singer in post-war Italy. His thoughts flash back to Florence in the days when he was a struggling student, and of his romance with the beautiful Claritta (Maria Mereader). Their eventual...

    Musica proibita
  • 1952
    The Firebird

    The Firebird (1952)

    The Firebird

    41952HD

    Italian singer Mario Vanni visits the Royal Opera in Stockholm and fall in love with ballet dancer Linda Corina....

    The Firebird
  • 1946
    O sole mio

    O sole mio (1946)

    O sole mio

    51946HD

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    O sole mio
  • 1947
    The Beautiful Days of King Murat

    The Beautiful Days of King Murat (1947)

    The Beautiful Days of King Murat

    01947HD

    For the past few weeks, revolt has been brewing in the Kingdom of Naples. The handsome Castelli is at the head of the conspiracy that wants to put an end to the reign of King Murat. To carry out his plan, he decides to infiltrate the court in order t...

    The Beautiful Days of King Murat
  • 1947
    The Barber of Seville

    The Barber of Seville (1947)

    The Barber of Seville

    01947HD

    A crafty barber acts as a go-between for a count in disguise and rescues Rosina from marriage with her guardian. An operatic comedy....

    The Barber of Seville
  • 1948
    Pagliacci

    Pagliacci (1948)

    Pagliacci

    01948HD

    Pagliacci, is a 1948 Italian film based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by Mario Costa. The film stars Tito Gobbi and Gina Lollobrigida. It recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell...

    Pagliacci