Gino Quilico

Gino Quilico (born April 29, 1955 in New York City) is a Canadian opera singer (baritone) of Italian descent, son of Canadian baritone Louis Quilico and his first wife concert pianist and vocal coach Lina Pizzolongo. His performances include roles such as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in La bohème, Dandini in La Cenerentola, and Escamillo n Carmen. 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. He is a Graduate of the University of Toronto. In 1992 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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.