Gobbi

By the end of the decade, she had fashioned a career, receiving positive notices for many performances, including Verdi’s “Il trovatore” in Rome and a production of Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi,” directed by the renowned Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, in Florence.

“������ I just remember is, Tito Gobbi and Maria Callas that night, in the second act, made an impression on me that I’ll never forget,” he continued.

Norman Gobbi, president of Ticino's government, condemned the attack and said extremism "cannot find a place in our community".

The steps to limit the spread are most obvious in a dozen small towns at the center of the outbreak, where authorities have cordoned off entrance points, and where residents such as Santino Gobbi, 75, say they feel a mounting sense of isolation.

Several of Gobbi’s grandchildren live in the same town, but now he mostly talks to them on the phone.