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Baritone

Daniel Cilli

Tampa

United States

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Baritone Daniel Cilli, as Dandini, stole the show with his vocal authority, attractive tone and strong stage presence. His artistry...easily commanded the stage." OPERA NEWS
-La Cenerentola, Opera San Jose

Daniel Cilli most recently performed the role of Mark Torrance in The Shining at Opera Parallèle, and Schaunard with San Francisco Opera-Boheme Out of the Box. He also performed in Proving Up at Pasadena Opera as Pa Zegner, the title role of Sweeney Todd at Enlightened Theatrics, the role of Mansfield in the premiere of Hiroya Miura's Sharaku Unframed at Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Captain Ladoux in Matt Marks' Mata Hari at West Edge Opera, and Cervantes/Quixote in Man of La Mancha at Cinnabar Theater. 

In 2016 at the San Francisco Opera, Daniel Cilli debuted as Dancaïro in Carmen. He has performed with Opera Parallèle, Livermore Valley, West Bay, Festival Opera, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Utah Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and with the wrestlers from Oakland’s own: Hoodslam,

In 2014 Daniel performed Inspector Javert in Utah Festival's production of Les Miserables. Some of Mr. Cilli’s other operatic appearances include the title role in Don Giovanni at West Bay Opera, Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos with West Edge Opera and Festival Opera, and Papageno in a semi-staged production of Die Zauberflöte with the Baltimore Symphony under Marin Alsop.

While a principal baritone 2006-2010 at Opera San José, Mr. Cilli performed 15 roles including: Onegin in Eugene Onegin, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in Cosí fan tutte, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Escamillo in Carmen, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Albert in Werther, Belcore in L’Elisir d’amore, Marullo in Rigoletto, and others.

​As a Studio Artist at the Houston Grand Opera, Daniel Cilli was involved in four productions including two world premieres: performing in Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata and covering the role of Chucho in Daniel Catan’s Salsipuedes.  He has also appeared as a Young Artist with Utah Opera, Central City Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera.​

Some of Daniel Cilli’s concert appearances have been with Utah Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, University of Missouri Orchestra and Chorus, San Juan Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, and Tanglewood Music Festival.

He holds vocal performance degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music and Stetson University, and has also studied Lieder at the Franz Schubert Institute of Baden bei Wien, Austria.

English

The Tales of Hoffmann

Hermann

The Juggler of Notre Dame

Le moine peintre

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Demetrius

Don Giovanni

Mahagonny Songspiel

Billy

Heart of Darkness

Thames Captain

The Barber of Seville

Figaro

La traviata

Il barone Douphol

Lucia of Lammermoor

Lord Enrico Ashton

Werther

Albert

Eugene Onegin

The Elixir of Love

Belcore

Così fan tutte

Guglielmo

Carmen

Escamillo

Manon

Lescaut

Cinderella

Dandini

The Marriage of Figaro

Il Conte di Almaviva

Rigoletto

Marullo

Moralès

Ariadne on Naxos

Harlekin

La bohème (reduction)

Schaunard

The Shining

Mark Torrance

Proving Up

Peter Zegner

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker

Le Dancaïre

The Breasts of Tiresias

Presto, Le directeur

Sharaku Unframed

Soloist

Madame Butterfly

Sharpless

Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera

Atticus Finch's Trainer

Balls

Larry King

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