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GINO QUILICO, baritone
Esteemed as an interpreter of the French and Italian repertoire, Gino Quilico appears regularly with the world’s major opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper. He appeared in over twenty opera recordings, including a Grammy Award for his participation in the recording of Les Troyens (Decca), as well as in numerous opera videos. His critically acclaimed solo recital recording Le Secret (Koch International) has also firmly established Mr. Quilico in the classical recording industry.
Mr. Quilico’s repertoire extends from the major works of the Baroque to contemporary opera. He has worked with such distinguished conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Herbert Von Karajan, Riccardo Chailly, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, John Pritchard, Michel Plasson and George Prętre. Among the many festivals in which he has participated are those of Salzburg, Edinburgh, Schwetzingen, Aix en Provence and Orange.
In previous seasons Mr. Quilico has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Valentin in Faust, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Ford in Falstaff and Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore. At the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Quilico has appeared in the title role of Don Giovanni, Yeletsky in Pique Dame, Belcore in Elisir d’Amore, Lescaut in Manon, Silvio in Pagliacci and Marcello in La Boheme which was also recorded for video release.
At the Paris Opera Mr. Quilico’s roles have included Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Oreste in Iphigenie en Tauride, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Belcore in Elisir d’Amore, Enrico in Lucia di Lamermoor, Escamillo in Carmen and Yeletsky in Pique Dame. His performances at La Scala have included the roles of Marcello in La Boheme and Lescaut in Manon Lescaut which was recorded by Sony Classical.
With the Royal Opera in London, he has sung Posa in Don Carlos as well as Valentin in Faust, Figaro, Marcello and Escamillo which he has also performed with the Royal Opera’s tour to Japan and Korea. In Lausanne, Mr. Quilico has sung title role in Eugene Onegin and Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera. Other engagements have taken him to the Staatsoper Berlin and the Staatsoper Wien for Iphigenie en Tauride, to Munich for Carmen and Don Giovanni, to the Florence Maggio Musicale for La Cenerentola, to La Fenice for Don Pasquale and to the Teatro Colon for Don Giovanni.
His opera highlights in the last seasons include Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera, Lucia di Lamermoor at Los Angeles Opera, a return to La Scala in Manon, Carmen and Les Troyen at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Falstaff at Marseille, Otello at Montreal Opera and Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. In fall 2003 Gino Quilico had a another great success as Iago at the Malmö Opera Sweden alongside with Badri Maisuradze and Anne Schwanewilms.
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