 He was especially noted for his interpretations of Verdi operas and some other roles like Scarpia (Tosca), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Guglielmo Tell and Don Giovanni.He can be heard on complete recordings of "Nabucco", "La traviata", "Il trovatore", "Simon Boccanegra", "Don Carlo", "La Gioconda", and "Tosca".Silveri retired from the stage in 1968 after a last performance of Rigoletto in Budapest with his daughter Silvia in the role of Gilda, and taught in Rome, where he died at age 87 in the summer of 2001.