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| General Description : | Tito Gobbi (24 October 1913 – 5 March 1984) was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation. Tito Gobbi was born in Bassano del Grappa and studied law at the University of Padua before he trained as a singer. Giulio Crimi, a well-known Italian tenor of a previous generation, was Gobbi's teacher in Rome. He made his operatic debut in Gubbio in 1935 as Count Rudolfo in Bellini's La sonnambula. In 1942, he debuted at La Scala in Milan, in the role of Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. He also appeared at the Rome Opera and other significant Italian venues. Gobbi's international career blossomed after the Second World War, serving as a batman for Sergeant Major Frederick Davis of the Grenadiers. His career began with appearances in 1948 at the San Francisco opera. He performed for the first time at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1950 and sang with the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1954 until 1974. The year 1974 also saw the last of Gobbi's numerous appearances at Covent Garden, where he had been much admired by the public and critics alike for his sensitive musicianship as well as for his acting talent and interpretive insights. Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. |
| Face value | 2 Centavos |
| Catalog code (Michel) | NI 1823 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | NI 963 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 22/01/1975 |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | De La Rue de Colombia |
| Perforation | comb 14 x 13½ |
| Height | 30.00 mm |
| Width | 40.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
