- Aprile Millo came to New York a child prodigy and is a long established and Verdi specialist and bel canto champion. Millo went on to sing for over 15 seasons as the leading soprano of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera's Italian wing. Aida, Don Carlo, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Luisa Miller, Andrea Chenier, Simon Boccanegra, Ernani, Otello, Turandot, I Lombardi and La Gioconda, Mefistofele, to name a few and became an in demand concert and recitalist as well. Bel Canto rigors were also a string on her musical bow, as she sang with Opera Orchestra Il Pirata, La Battaglia di Legnano, La Wally and William Tell of Rossini. A champion of the verismo/scapigliatura period of music Millo went on to sing Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur and La Wally, and Zaza. Performing often with favorite partner Luciano Pavarotti in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Met and in Paris, and with Placid Domingo in Un Ballo in Spain and Aida for TV worldwide for the Metropolitan Opera. Touring all over the world she is beloved in Barcelona, Brazil, Hong Kong, Argentina, Chicago, Torino, Rome, and Milano. Miss Millo won the First Prize Grand Premio of the coveted Voce Verdiane Concorso in Italy at 20 by unanimous decision, Montserrat Caballed-Bernard Merti Special Verdi Prize, The Maria Callas Foundation Award, The Richard Tucker Award 1985, The Licia Albanese Puccini Award in 93 and the NIAF La Voce D'Oro award Renata Tebaldi in 2007. Millo recorded with Sony Classical four titles, Aida Il Trovatore Don Carlo and Luisa Miller all with James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. She returned to Italy in Genoa in 2014 for her debut as Giorgetta in Il Tabarro.- IMDb Mini Biography By: M. Trainotti
- Brought up in Los Angeles, she received musical training from her parents, who were both opera singers.
- Known as April Millo while attending Hollywood High School in mid 1970's. In her final year, April performed the featured roll in the Hollywood High School Spring 1976 musical presentation " Hello Dolly". April added the "e" at the end of her name after graduation. During the school day, April would locate herself in the basement corridor of the main office/class building as her voice rehearsal hide-out. Practicing her opera repertoire, the counselors and basement class room instructors constantly had to silence April because of her disturbance of showing off her talents for attention.
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