He is a baritone singer born
in New
York and the son of
the acclaimed baritone singer Louis Quilico and the pianist Cristina
Quilico.He studied at the University
of Toronto and had a variety of
jobs before beginning his singing career as an opera performer.He made history with his father when
they were the first father and son team to appear at The Met in the same
production and they would go on to make many further appearances together. He is known for his performances of
Figaro in The Barber of Seville,
Escamillo in Carmen and Marcello
in La Boheme.He has sung in two feature operatic
films and was an artist on the Grammy Award nominated recording of Les Troyens in 1995. He is
Canada
's
first Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees and was awarded the honour of being made an Officer of the Order
of
Canada
in 1992.
