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Carlo Felice Cillario
Carlo Felice Cillario (7 February 1915 – 13 December 2007) was an Argentine-born Italian conductor of international renown.
He is considered one of the singers' favourite conductors, both in opera houses and in recording studios. During his long career he has conducted in all the major theatres of Europe, USA, South America and Australia. He has also been a major player in the creation and development of the Australian Opera.
Early life and education
Born Carlos Felix Cillario in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, he went to Italy with his family in 1923. There he began his musical education at an early age at the G.B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna, studying violin with Angelo Consolini and composition with Cesare Nordio. He graduated in 1932 with the Tonolla Prize, an award reserved for the most talented students. As a teenager, he performed in public concerts, earning a reputation as a promising violinist. In 1934, he won the prestigious Nicolò Paganini Prize at the National Competition for Violinists, an achievement that allowed him to perfect his skills with teachers such as Arrigo Serato at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and to perform in numerous Italian cities throughout the 1930s. Among his various performances, he held an important concert in 1935 at the Quirinale in the presence of Princess Maria Giuseppina of Savoy. Despite his success as a violinist, in 1943, in Odesa, Ukraine, during a football match with some local boys, he suffered a wrist injury that pushed him to dedicate himself to conducting. Later, he realized that he could have completely regained control of the instrument, but decided to continue on the path he had started.
Debut, first years of conducting and return to Italy.
His debut as a conductor took place with Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Odesa in 1942, where for a short period of time he also taught violin at the city's conservatory. During the Second World War he returned to Argentina where he founded and conducted the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Tucuman, and over the years he toured several times in South America, including Buenos Aires and Mexico City.
After his return to Italy at the end of the war, he founded the Bologna Chamber Orchestra in 1946. From 1953 onwards he conducted numerous symphonic concerts in Bologna, including some with his wife and renowned pianist Vittoria Genoveanu. Subsequently, he made his operatic debut at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna with La dama di picche in 1957. In the 1950s and 1960s he was extremely active between the Angelicum in Milan, where he became resident director, and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He gradually specialized in conducting operas, conducting in the opera houses of Bologna, Rome, Turin, Florence, Parma, Venice, Milan and others. He soon made his debut in Europe, in Athens, Berlin, Oslo, Paris, Lisbon and numerous other cities.
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Carlo Felice Cillario
Carlo Felice Cillario (7 February 1915 – 13 December 2007) was an Argentine-born Italian conductor of international renown.
He is considered one of the singers' favourite conductors, both in opera houses and in recording studios. During his long career he has conducted in all the major theatres of Europe, USA, South America and Australia. He has also been a major player in the creation and development of the Australian Opera.
Early life and education
Born Carlos Felix Cillario in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, he went to Italy with his family in 1923. There he began his musical education at an early age at the G.B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna, studying violin with Angelo Consolini and composition with Cesare Nordio. He graduated in 1932 with the Tonolla Prize, an award reserved for the most talented students. As a teenager, he performed in public concerts, earning a reputation as a promising violinist. In 1934, he won the prestigious Nicolò Paganini Prize at the National Competition for Violinists, an achievement that allowed him to perfect his skills with teachers such as Arrigo Serato at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and to perform in numerous Italian cities throughout the 1930s. Among his various performances, he held an important concert in 1935 at the Quirinale in the presence of Princess Maria Giuseppina of Savoy. Despite his success as a violinist, in 1943, in Odesa, Ukraine, during a football match with some local boys, he suffered a wrist injury that pushed him to dedicate himself to conducting. Later, he realized that he could have completely regained control of the instrument, but decided to continue on the path he had started.
Debut, first years of conducting and return to Italy.
His debut as a conductor took place with Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Odesa in 1942, where for a short period of time he also taught violin at the city's conservatory. During the Second World War he returned to Argentina where he founded and conducted the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Tucuman, and over the years he toured several times in South America, including Buenos Aires and Mexico City.
After his return to Italy at the end of the war, he founded the Bologna Chamber Orchestra in 1946. From 1953 onwards he conducted numerous symphonic concerts in Bologna, including some with his wife and renowned pianist Vittoria Genoveanu. Subsequently, he made his operatic debut at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna with La dama di picche in 1957. In the 1950s and 1960s he was extremely active between the Angelicum in Milan, where he became resident director, and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He gradually specialized in conducting operas, conducting in the opera houses of Bologna, Rome, Turin, Florence, Parma, Venice, Milan and others. He soon made his debut in Europe, in Athens, Berlin, Oslo, Paris, Lisbon and numerous other cities.
International Consecration