- Luisa Bartoletti, Lucille Udovich, Tullio Gagliardo, Mignon Dunn, Aldo Protti, Flaviano Labò, Carlo Felice Cillario, Italo Pasini, Norman Scott
- Emily Maire, Mirella Freni, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Enzo Sordello, Sesto Bruscantini, Carlo Felice Cillario, Luigi Alva, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Ino Savini, Gothenburg Opera House Orchestra, Rolf Jupither, Carlo Felice Cillario, Barbro Ericson, Silvio Varviso, John-Eric Jacobsson, Lars Magnusson, Berith Bohm, Kjell Ingebretsen, Gunilla Af Malmborg, Margareta Hallin, Stockholm Royal Opera Chorus, Elyakum Shapirra, Claes Jakobsson, Edith Thallaug, Gunilla Slattegard, Ruth Jacobson, Britt-Marie Aruhn, Dorrit Kleimert, Rolf Björling, Tord Wallstrom, Bengt Rundgren
- Lars af Malmborg, Swedish Radio Chorus, Karin Langebo, Ulla Severin, Thomas Schuback, Sergiu Comissiona, Arnold Östman, Elisabeth Söderström, Karin Molander, Carlo Felice Cillario, Charles Farncombe, Eva Prytz, Kerstin Meyer, Sven Nilsson, Albert Wolff, Lamberto Gardelli, Benjamin Britten, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Leon Bjorker, Anita Soldh, Bengt Rundgren, Tonny Landy, Dame Janet Baker, Jonny Blanc, Håkan Hagegård, Birgit Nordin, Erik Saedén, Margot Rödin, English Opera Group Choir, Zygmund Latoszewski, Lilly Furlin, Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo, Claude Genetay, Helge Brilioth, Laila Andersson-Palme, Uno Stjernqvist, Arne Ohlson, Studio Orchestra, Edith Thallaug, Bertil Bokstedt
Carlo Felice Cillario
Biography
Retiring in March 2003 from more than three decades with the Australian Opera, Carlo Felice Cillario stood among the most singer-friendly of conductors. A presence on many recorded opera recitals, Cillario was a frequent visitor to the studio, as well as a reassuring conductor of opera performances in many parts of Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Moving with his Italian-born parents to Bologna, Italy, in 1923, Cillario brought with him the results of his violin training in Buenos Aires. He studied at the Conservatorium in Bologna, intending to become a soloist. A broken wrist suffered in a soccer game, however, presaged Cillario's entry into conducting. In 1942, he was engaged as a conductor at the opera in Odessa and later led orchestral concerts in Italy and Buenos Aires. Not long into his conducting career, he elected to reserve a major portion of his time for the opera house and was heard in such major venues as Turin, Milan, Florence, Rome, Athens, Berlin, Oslo, and Paris. Cillario was first heard in England at the 1961 Glyndebourne Festival (L'elisir d'amore), returning in 1962 for the same production. His North American opera debut took place with the Chicago Lyric Opera in 1961 when he directed La forza del destino with Farrell, Bergonzi, and Christoff. Later that season, he conducted Rossini's Barber. Cillario retuned in 1962 for La bohème, Tosca, and L'elisir d'amore. In 1963, he led Rossini's Barber again, together with Don Pasquale. In 1964, Cillario conducted a sumptuous production of Donizetti's La Favorita with Cossotto and Kraus and led La cenerentola with Teresa Berganza. Specifically requested by Maria Callas, Cillario made his Covent Garden debut in the well-remembered 1964 Tosca that reunited the soprano with baritone Tito Gobbi. In a season-opening Tosca, Cillario made his San Francisco Opera debut in 1970, returning there for three subsequent years. Leading La Sonnambula, Cillario made his first Metropolitan Opera appearance in October 1972, also conducting Tosca and Il Trovatore that season. Beginning in 1970, Cillario primarily devoted his time to Australia, first as music director for the Elizabethan Opera Trust, and later, as adviser and principal guest conductor with Opera Australia.