Other highlight roles include Demetrius (Midsummer's Night Dream) with Des Moines Metro Opera, Painter Monk (Le Jongleur de Notre Dame) at Central City Opera, Bion/Geezer 1 (Lysistrata) world premiere at Houston Grand Opera, Jake Wallace (La Fanciulla del West) with Utah Opera, Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia) at San Francisco Lyric Opera, Lescaut (Manon Lescaut) with West Bay Opera, Schaunard (La bohème) with Amarillo Opera.

Mr. Cilli has also performed in recitals and concerts at Old First Church in San Francisco, the Aspen Music Festival, the San Juan Symphony, Utah Symphony & Opera, Lawrence University, South Valley Symphony and the Tanglewood Music Center. His special interest in art song and Lieder has lead Mr. Cilli to Baden bei Wien Austria as a performing participant at the Franz Schubert Institute and to Robert Schumann's birthplace of Zwickau to take part in the International Robert Schumann Competition.

Mr. Cilli has participated in training programs at the Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Houston Grand Opera Studio, Central City Opera, Utah Symphony & Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and the Tanglewood Music Center. He received a Master of Music Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music Degree from Stetson University.