Gino Quilico

Gino Quilico (born April 29, 1955) is a Canadian lyric baritone of Italian descent and the son of Canadian baritone Louis Quilico and Lina Pizzolongo. [cite news
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Early life

Gino Quilico was born in New York City in 1955 to Louis Quilico and his first wife, the concert pianist and vocal coach Lina Pizzolongo. As a teenager, Gino worked in an Ontario coal mine, became the assistant to a mechanic, and played in a rock band. His father began to give him voice lessons at age 19 and encouraged him to join the chorus of the Canadian Opera. Quilico graduated from the opera school at the University of Toronto in 1978.cite book
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Career

Quilico's operatic debut was in a 1978 television performance of The Medium. In 1980, he was discovered by Bernard Lefort and he became a member of the Paris Opera.cite news
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accessdate = 2008-08-09] In 1982, he performed in the UK for the first time at the 1982 Edinburgh Festival as Lescaut. He also debuted at Covent Garden in 1983 as Valentin. He created the role of Figaro in John Corigliano's opera "The Ghosts of Versailles" at its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, opposite Teresa Stratas. [cite news
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accessdate = ] He also created the lead role in Marcel Landowski's "Montsegur". In 1987, he and his father became the first father and son to perform together at the Metropolitan Opera. He played various other roles such as Figaro, Marcello, Dandini, and Escamillo. He has also appeared in various opera festivals, including the Salzburg, Vienna, and Munich Festivals. He also appeared in the 1985 film "Orfeo" as the title character and in the 1988 film "La Bohème". [Citation
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Personal life

Quilico is married to violist and pianist Kathryn Stevenson. They have two children, Enrico and Sofia.

Recordings

His discography includes "Manon" (1982), "Roméo et Juliette" (1983), "L'Orfeo" (1985), "L'heure espagnole" (1985), "La jolie fille de Perth" (with June Anderson, Alfredo Kraus and José van Dam, led by Georges Prêtre, 1985), "La bohème" (as Marcello, with Barbara Hendricks and José Carreras, conducted by James Conlon, 1987), "Les pêcheurs de perles" (1989), "Don Pasquale" (1990) and "La bohème" (as Schaunard, opposite Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, led by Kent Nagano, 1994). Also notable is the "live" recording of Landowski's "Montségur", with Karan Armstrong, conducted by Michel Plasson, 1987.

References

External links

* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3112 Order of Canada Citation]