Giulio Gari secured his international standing as a “Primo Tenore” from the outset of his brilliant career. Under the baton of the great Tullio Serafin, he made his distinguished operatic debut at the TEATRO REALE DI ROMA in Rossini’s IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, the success of which was soon followed by the offer of a contract in The United States with THE NBC SYMPHONY. His talents were immediately recognized by conductor Laszlo Halasz, who not only engaged him for Premiere performances of Gian Carlo Menotti’s AMELIA AL BALLO, but for eight seasons as an essential leading tenor at THE NEW YORK CITY OPERA. 

The Gari Foundation carries on the generosity to singers that typified the life of this remarkable man.