Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo has made a name for himself performing the Baroque canon, cutting-edge new works, and traditional Japanese kabuki theatre. Listen in as he gives an interview about his diverse career with Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director Evans Mirageas.
Show Notes
James Ivory is a film director, producer, and screenwriter (known for the 2017 film Call Me By Your Name)
Michael Chekov was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner.
Costanzo's first operatic role was Miles in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw, which is based on a Henry James novella by the same name.
The Baroque opera Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel
Costanzo performed in Jimmy López's Bel Canto
Evans mentions contemporary composer Jake Heggie's Great Scott
Kabuki is a traditional style of Japanese dance-drama
Costanzo was the Executive Director of a dance company with Karole Armitage
Costanzo works with the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), a collective dedicated to creating new works
Costanzo recently hosted a Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performance of Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
Costanzo has been reading the novel Less and the plays God's Ear and Eurydice