The Venetian bass Antonio de Gobbi has appeared under very distinguished conductors, including Semyon Bychkov, Valery Gergiev and Riccardo Muti. He has appeared at major Italian theatres, including La Fenice, La Scala, the Florence Teatro Communale and the Arena in Verona. His repertoire includes the broad range of lyric bass rôles, including parts in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Il barbiere di Siviglia, as well as in Puccini's La Bohème and Turandot.