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There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply.

There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply.

Robert Davi
Italian, Style, Singing
"INTERVIEW: Actor Robert Davi On His Frank Sinatra Tribute, His Hamptons Roots, "Davi’s Way" And More". Interview with Nicole Barylski, www.hamptons.com.

The [Frank] Sinatra interpretation of the music, as opposed to some other music that you were listening to - where you felt like they were singing at you - you felt Sinatra was singing to you. It's a very intimate art form, and that's what I responded to - the intimacy of his performance.

Robert Davi
Art, Listening, Singing

I trained with a guy named Tito Gobbi, who was the Marlon Brando of the opera world. Tito Gobbi was the greatest singing baritone in the opera world and I studied in Florence, Firenze, with him. That was my first love, as it was Frank Sinatra's, oddly enough.

Robert Davi
First Love, Guy, Singing
"Actor Robert Davi On His Frank Sinatra Tribute, His Hamptons Roots, 'Davi’s Way' And More". Interview with Nicole Barylski, www.hamptons.com.

I had a little bit of a vocal strain at a certain period of time that made me lay off the singing, and while I was lying off the singing, I was pursuing the acting.

Robert Davi
Lying, Singing, Acting
"INTERVIEW: Actor Robert Davi On His Frank Sinatra Tribute, His Hamptons Roots, "Davi’s Way" And More". Interview with Nicole Barylski, www.hamptons.com.

It didn't feel organic and [Tito] Gobbi was one of the artists that was able to, along with Maria Callas, incorporate not just the sound, but the emotion, the technique of the singing.

Robert Davi
Artist, Singing, Technique

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