Song recital Stephen Costello

Stephen Costello is a native of Philadelphia and studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts in his hometown. In 2007, at just 26 years old, he made his debut at the season opening of the Metropolitan Opera. In 2009, he won the Richard Tucker Award. In 2010, he sang the role of Greenhorn in the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s opera Moby-Dick. Since then, he has appeared at major opera houses and festivals. He has performed roles such as Alfredo (La traviata) in Hamburg, at the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Arena di Verona, and the Munich Opera Festival; Fernand (La Favorite) at the Liceu Barcelona; Don José (Carmen) in Dallas; Rodolfo (La bohème) in Dresden, Hamburg, Madrid, and Los Angeles; Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) at the New National Theatre in Tokyo; Duca di Mantua (Rigoletto) at the Semperoper Dresden, in Hanover, Bregenz, at the Met, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and with the Canadian Opera Company; Lord Percy (Anna Bolena) at the Met; Cassio (Otello) in Salzburg; the Prince (Rusalka) in Strasbourg; and Des Grieux (Manon) at the Opéra de Paris. More recent engagements have included Rodolfo (La bohème) at the Metropolitan Opera and in Tokyo, José (Carmen) at the Bavarian State Opera, and the title role in Roberto Devereux in Zurich.

Anthony Manoli studierte am New England Conservatory of Music und an der Juilliard School. Er gibt weltweit Masterklassen und unterrichtet an der New School/Mannes College of Music in New York und in unterschiedlichen Programmen wie beispielsweise dem Los Angeles Opera’s Young Artist Program und dem New National Theatre’s Young Artist Program in Tokyo. Als Pianist und Dirigent ist er bereits an internationalen Opernhäusern und in renommierten Konzerthallen aufgetreten, u.a. am Théâtre de Champs-Élysées, am Gran Teatre del Liceu, in der Carnegie Hall in New York, an der Opéra de Lausanne, der Opéra National du Rhin, der Los Angeles Opera, der Washington National Opera und an der Opera New England sowie am Spoleto Festival in Italien und den USA und am Lake George Opera Festival. Dabei arbeitete er mit Sängerinnen und Sängern wie José Carreras, Marija Jelic, Dolora Zajick, David Lomelí, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Youngok Shin, Mirella Freni, Rockwell Blake, Sondra Radvanovsky, Edita Gruberová, Stephen Costello und Barbara Frittoli zusammen und mit Dirigenten wie beispielsweise Leonard Slatkin, Robert Shaw, Sir Andrew Davis, Claudio Abbado, Richard Bonygne und Sir Colin Davis. Anthony Manoli ist Associate Producer für die Labels Telarc und Naxos.