Giacomo Puccini, Il tabarro (Tito Gobbi)

E’ questo il risultato di un lungo lavoro di recupero di un documento quanto mai prezioso e raro il video relativo alla produzione de "Il tabarro" di Giacomo Puccini che Tito Gobbi realizzò nel 1966 per la serie televisiva Great Characters in Opera prodotta dalla BBC di Londra, magistralmente letto, digitalizzato e restaurato dal Laboratorio di acustica della Scuola di San Giorgio con la collaborazione della Fondazione Tito Gobbi di Roma.
Un’iniziativa sostenuta dal Comitato Regionale per le celebrazioni del I centenario della nascita di Tito Gobbi, la Regione del Veneto, l’Associazione Musicale Tito Gobbi, La Fondazione Giorgio Cini, la Fondazione scuola di San Giorgio e con il patrocinio della Fondazione Giacomo Puccini di Lucca e il Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini
Il tabarro
opera in atto da La houppelande di Didier Gold
libretto di Giuseppe Adami
musica di Giacoimo Puccini
personaggi
Michele | Tito Gobbi
Luigi | Charles Craig
Il "Tinca" | John Lanigan
Il "Talpa" | Eric Garrett
Giorgetta | Marie Collier
La Frugola | Elisabet Bainbridge
Due amanti | Nicholas Curtis e Joanne Brown
Bowles Bevan Singers
The New Symphony Orchestra
Direttore | Edward Downes
Editore Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl, Milano
Riprese video della serie televisiva "Great Characteres in Opera",
prodotta nel 1966 da Patricia Foy per la BBC

[@anthonynevitt7366]

Gobbi has always been one of the greatest actors of opera. He embodies any role he is given. Truly spectacular.

[@uppityglivestockian]

Grandisimo Gobbi! Un grande de los grandes.

[@rosemaryallen2128]

What an intense experience! I always thought Tito Gobbi a stupendous actor, but in this more intimate story, his talent for immersive identification was seen at its best. His fury at the end was quite terrifying, but it was the extreme anguish of a man caught in the banality of a failed relationship which catches the heart with its sad universality.

[@petergraham8681]

Documents such as this reveal Gobbi at his best. A fine role from him. As in his Scarpia & Iago he could, along with his exciting characterizations, sometimes overplay the melodrama that TOSCA even encourages which is what makes it memorable. IL TABARRO on the other hand is conceived in a more naturalistic manner & Gobbi uses this approach in his acting which is even more remarkable because of this. By this time Gobbi‘s timbre had lost whatever velvet it once had but enough of this remains which combined with his portrayal is perfect for this character. IL TABARRO remains unique among Puccini‘s operas in its realism & local color. One of my favorite of his works.

[@MLewis6270]

The cast is good. Gobbi is absolutely great. Heck, I'd pay to just listen to him tell the story. Nicely done.

[@marcellepesek3038]

What a great find! Thank you for putting in so much work and sharing it with us all! We are lucky to get to see such recordings. Best wishes.

[@barrybernstein4459]

This cast is terrific.We used to go go to Saddlers Wells in London in the late 50's and early sixties and see many of the singers accompanying Tito Gobbi here, in terrific performances in English of the great Verdi and Puccini operas before they became stars at Covent Garden. In my opinion Il Trittico which Il Tabarro is part of ,is Puccini's masterpiece . And one of the 20th centuries greatest classical compositions.

[@johannesrotter5125]

Il Trittico - Puccinis masterpiece. A huge statement of Human pain: tragic, sensitive and Comic. Horribly underestimated in its emotional depth. Even this „Highlights“-Version of „Tabarro“ is wonderful.

[@luciococeani1547]

What a masterpiece!

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Great find---Gobbi always gripping to watch, and the special bonus here is Collier, who I will always remember at the Met in the world premiere of "Mourning Becomes Electra." And superb quality from '60s TV!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

This is smashing! Wonderful. It is remarkable how many of the younger generation don't know of Marie Collier, even by name. She was brilliant. She can also be heard on Nillson's Elektra recording with Solti.

[@voiceofwisdom1]

I think Marie Collier with her fast vibrato was perfectly dreadful as Chrysotemis. She is much more in her element here!

[@luciococeani1547]

Simply magnificent...Nothing better to be found anywhere else!

[@loralayons1120]

Какие были замечательные певцы - Гобби, Кольер, Крейг. Сейчас в мире такого драматического сопрано как Мари - нет. Bravi tutti!!!!!

[@madgeson]

Gobbi and Collier are terrific and how wonderful to see and hear the great Charles Craig once again

[@madgeson]

K

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Indeed! Craig is so underrated.

[@Tenortalker]

Superb . Thank you so much for this. i had heard this broadcast existed but never seen it.

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Great! Performance!

[@tenorschofield]

MERAVIGLIOSO!!!!

[@hansvanbussel2999]

Fantastic, FANTASTIC !!! Thank you

[@zs1968]

So great!!!

[@rossmcl177]

Very interesting. Thankyou.

[@luciafontana4486]

Splendido!

[@ElenaClassicFan]

Oh my god, I didn't know about this video! Just found it. What a gift for New year. Thanks for uploading

[@jazrobean1]

We did an English version of this in college - - translated well - - excellent.

[@sonate10]

The texting is beyond the frame almost all the time.

[@diegomr6969]

ONE OF THE BEST SINGER EVER IN KZbin 50 YEARS AFTER TY SO MUCH!

[@josemariadasilveira6375]

Stupendo meraviglioso Gobbi

[@user-gw3pc9sk1m]

Восхитительный голос у Мари Колльер! Брава , Брава, брависсимо!!!

[@mrrkdino]

What a wonderful sing Collier was. You can see why she was chosen to replace Callas in "Tosca" when Callas cancelled. She died in London at the age of 44, in an accident in which she fell to her death from an open window. Many say it was suicide. Very sad.

[@rossmcl177]

I totally agree. She's not a name that many people recognise today, but she was a great loss. There's a very interesting interview of her at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y3nl. I think it was recorded around the time of this Tabarro. She comes across as a very nice person, but it's also poignant,and sad when you know that she had only 5 years left.

[@Tenortalker]

If you can get hold of the disc of highlights from Madama Butterfly recorded in English ( Sadler's Wells Opera) with Marie Collier and Charles Craig it is very good. I think a lot of the discussion about suicide came from the fact that she had spoken about feeling very empty once rehearsals / performances ended. Her family were still in Australia. It was tough for her being alone in London or wherever she was performing and she was very much in demand. There was discussion at the time in the press apparently and sadly we will never know exactly what happened. The coroner recorded 'Accidental Death.' There is no doubt she was a very great singing actress.

[@richardlevin9907]

A great verismo soprano.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

@@rossmcl177 😢😪😢👱

[@mogomarkas3187]

@@rossmcl177 Thank you. That was a most interesting interview🙏

[@robertevans8010]

Charles Craig was a very successful English tenor who had a very fine International career, much missed in todays Opera World, he was 10 times better than Kaufmann , Collier was a delight on the stage, Gobbi was a great Baritone, interesting to see Lanigan Bainbridge and Garrett all Class artists, Downes also Conducting what a treat.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Easily! I love Craig’s Otello and his Chenier!

[@user-hs1xq4xn4x]

ゴッピの動く映像はカラスの貴重なトスカの動画映像のスカルピアしか見ていませんでした。歌や声はもちろん素晴らしいですが、演技力も物凄いですね！

[@Dylonely42]

Old but gold.

[@josecarrerastema8654]

Gobbi è Gobbi sempre. Magnifico

[@totto210]

marie collier que gran voz, se apago por el suicidio........ q triste recordar esto

[@cabaletta64]

Maria Collier non si è proprio suicidata, ma al momento della morte sembra che fosse un pò troppo alticcia (ubriaca), e inciampò o cadde da pochi gradini del suo appartamento e battè la testa e li ci rimase.

[@marcsalmon2640]

Superb, but why did you cut the top and bottom of the frame to make a fake 16/9 ? The original frame is obviously 4/3 ! Really too bad!

[@daniokubondo11]

quando ho cercato il tabarro su youtube ho messo Gobbi come preferenza... sapevo di non poter sbagliare. Sicuramente (almeno per me) il miglior Michele che ci sia mai stato

[@JTS578]

Wow, wow WOW!

[@totto210]

TITO GODBI... ETERNO DIOS

[@ChiaraDBrown]

Why did they cut Frugola's aria? A little ray of fun in an unrelentingly dark opera.

[@miroslavmartinu7572]

Formidable de voir Marie Collier... !

[@emanuelamedaglia2142]

Tito Gobbi... Mitico!

[@galinamarkova9792]

Так хочется узнать, что за драма разыгрывается на сцене. Этой оперы я не слышала.

[@pedrosergio2002]

La imagen de la pantalla ha cortado los subtítulos.

[@Dylonely42]

Unfortunately…

[@diegovasconcellos9047]

23:00 "Lo giuro, non tremo A vibrare il coltello E con gocce di sangue Fabbricarti un gioiello"

[@user-jt4js7ed3e]

Гобби люблю и все хороши.

[@basilbucolic]

Benissimo. Per favore corregete il nome di Puccini.

[@user-jt4js7ed3e]

Люблю.

[@Dylonely42]

17:52

[@trajnamusiccpt]

The shaved -off subtitles through this entire video are colossally irritating. Who is responsible for this outrage? It spoils a clearly breathtaking production.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Ignore them.

[@user-jt4js7ed3e]

Тіто - геній.

[@giovannisartori1222]

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[@user-jt4js7ed3e]

Геній.

[@Dylonely42]

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