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Anthony Roth Costanzo is an American countertenor who has sung with several major opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Dallas Opera, and Giants Are Small. He was born and raised in Durham, NC. Costanzo's parents were both professors of psychology at Duke. He has also performed in several films as an actor. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He was one of three winners of the 1st prize at the Operalia, The World Opera Competition, held in 2012 in Beijing, China.[1]

Early Life

Costanzo grew up in Durham, North Carolina. Both of Costanzo's parents were professors of psychology at Duke University.[2]

Costanzo became active in the arts at a young age. He performed on Broadway and in Broadway National Tours including A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Music, and Falsettos. Costanzo began his opera career in the role "Miles" in The Turn of the Screw. Costanzo also made appearance alongside Luciano Pavarotti. [3]

Career

Costanzo graduated from Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University. During his tenure at Princeton, he was awarded the Lewis Sudler Prize for extraordinary achievement in the arts.[4] Costanzo frequently returns to Princeton to teach courses and master classes. After attending Princeton, Costanzo attended Manhattan School of Music, where he received his Masters of Music. While attending Manhattan School of Music, Costanzo won the Hugh Ross Award for a singer of unusual promise.[5]

In the summer of 2017, Costanzo became an exclusive recording artist for Decca Gold.[6], His first album, a collection of arias by Handel and Phillip Glass with Les Violons du Roy, will be released in the fall of 2018.[7]

Opera Career

In 2009, Costanzo was the Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.[8] In 2012, he was awarded first place Placido Domingo’s international competition Operalia[9]. Additionally, Costanzo has received numerous forms of recognition, including a George London Award, a career grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, and became the first countertenor to win First Place in the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCullom competition.

Costanzo has appeared in numerous roles at the Metropolitan Opera. He has appeared as both Ferdinand and Prospero in the world premiere of The Enchanted Island. He also performed as Prince Orlofsky in a production of Die Fledermaus after making his debut as Unulfo in Rodelinda.

Costanzo has appeared in many venues domestically. Costanzo served as title role in Philip Glass’ Ahknaten at the English National Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. He has also recently appeared with the San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Philadelphia, San Diego Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Palm Beach Opera, The North Carolina Opera, and as a guest with Juilliard Opera. [10]

Costanzo also produced and starred in two critically acclaimed shows at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo[11], and Orphic Moments.[12]

Internationally, Costanzo made his European debut at the Glyndebourne Festival in Rinaldo.[13] Later, Costanzo appeared at the Teatro Real Madrid in Death in Venice in 2014[14], the English National Opera in Indian Queen in 2015[15], and the Finnish National Opera in Kaija Sariaaho’s Only the Sound Remains in 2017.[16]

Concert Career

In concert, Costanzo recently made his debuts with the London Symphony Orchestra[17][18] and the Berlin Philharmonic in performances of Le Grand Macabre, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and directed by Peter Sellars.He sang Messiah at Carnegie Hall in 2009.[19] Costanzo appeared in the New York Philharmonic’s production of Le Grand Macabre in 2010.[20] Costanzo performed Handel's Messiah, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Orff's Carmina Burana with The Cleveland Orchestra.[21]

Additionally, Costanzo has appeared in concert with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) at both the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[22] Costanzo has also performedwith Jordi Savall in Barcelona, Paris, and Versailles[23], with Ian Bostrdige and Julius Drake at the Teatro Real[24], as well as the Spoleto Festival USA.[25]

In 2014, Jake Heggie's Great Scott at the Dallas Opera[26] and in 2017, Costanzo recently created roles in the world premieres of Jimmy Lopez' Bel Canto at the Lyric Opera of Chicago[27].

Collaboration

Costanzo is passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration, and recently helped create two unique presentations of The Tales of Genji with sold-out runs in Kyoto. Costanzo also created a pasticcio about castrati in collaboration with choreographer Karole Armitage and filmmaker James Ivory, which was chronicled by the documentarian Gerardo Puglia.[28] The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and qualified for an Academy Award, with airings on PBS affiliates.[29]

Costanzo was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his role of Francis in the Merchant Ivory film, A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries.[30],

Major performances

Repertoire

Opera

  • Metropolitan Opera (Rodelinda, Die Fledermaus, The Enchanted Island)
  • Lyric Opera of Chicago (Bel Canto – world premiere)
  • San Francisco Opera (Partenope)
  • Dallas Opera (Great Scott – world premiere)
  • Los Angeles Opera (Akhnaten)
  • Glyndebourne Opera Festival (Rinaldo)
  • English National Opera (Akhnaten)
  • Appeared in special presentation of Tales of Genji in Kyoto, a unique production that incorporated traditional Kabuki, Noh actors, dancers, and western music.

Orchestra

  • New York Philharmonic (Le Grand Macabre)
  • Cleveland Orchestra (Messiah)
  • National Symphony Orchestra (Messiah)
  • London Symphony Orchestra (Le Grand Macabre)
  • Berlin Philharmonic (Le Grand Macabre)
  • Tours in Spain and France with Jordi Savall and his ensemble

New Works

  • Created Orphic Moments from National Sawdust in March 2016. It was a fully staged production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice, combined with a new work by Matt Aucoin called Orphic Moment.[31]
  • Performed works by Nico Muhly at the Gardiner Museum in Salem, MA in June 2017 and at the Guggenheim Works and Process series in September 2017.
  • Has also had works written for him by Mohammed Fairouz, Steve Mackey and Suzanne Farrin.

References

  1. ^ "Winners". Operalia Competition. 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "Emeritus Faculty | Psychology & Neuroscience". psychandneuro.duke.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. ^ "A life in opera". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  4. ^ "The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  5. ^ "Alumni: Awards - Manhattan School of Music". Manhattan School of Music. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  6. ^ Desk, BWW News. "Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo Signs to Decca Gold". Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  7. ^ "Printer-Friendly Receipt". www.musicalamerica.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  8. ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (2009-02-21). "On Stage at the Metropolitan Opera, Young Singers' Big Moment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  9. ^ "Operalia". Operalia. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  10. ^ "Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor". operabase.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  11. ^ "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: An NS Co-Production with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Cath Brittan – National Sawdust". nationalsawdust.org. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  12. ^ "Orphic Moments". www.operanews.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  13. ^ "Performance archive". Glyndebourne. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  14. ^ Real, Teatro. "#DeathinVenice". Teatro Real de Madrid. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  15. ^ "Team | Anthony Roth Constanzo | English National Opera". English National Opera. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  16. ^ "Only the Sound Remains | Ooppera – Baletti". Ooppera – Baletti. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  17. ^ "ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO". runningamoc.org. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  18. ^ Grode, Eric (2017-07-10). "Anthony Roth Costanzo Exists to Transform Opera". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  19. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2009-12-22). "'Messiah': A Glorious Reign at Carnegie Hall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  20. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2010-05-28). "Philharmonic in 'Le Grand Macabre' at Avery Fisher Hall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  21. ^ "The Cleveland Orchestra: Carmina Burana - Adrienne Arsht Center". www.arshtcenter.org. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  22. ^ Desk, BWW News. "Bernard Rands with Anthony Roth Costanzo, ICE and NY Premiere of FOLK SONGS Set for the Miller Theatre Tonight". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  23. ^ "Countertenor, composer team up at the Gardner - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  24. ^ "The Opera Party: Secrets of the Opera". greenespace. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  25. ^ Courier, Dara McBride Special to The Post and. "'Farnace' opera offers wonders of countertenor voice". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  26. ^ "Review: "Great Scott" in Dallas, opera within an opera without a clue". The Denver Post. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  27. ^ Rhein, John von. "PBS version of Lyric's 'Bel Canto' betters the stage original". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  28. ^ "Anthony Roth Costanzo - Ouroboros Trilogy". ouroborostrilogy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  29. ^ "A life in opera". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  30. ^ Maslin, Janet (1998-09-18). "FILM REVIEW; A Merchant-Ivory Stroll Along a Young Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  31. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2016-03-24). "Review: 'Orphic Moments,' With Feast, at National Sawdust". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-28.

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