"Among the world's best tenors"
Daily Express, UK
Stephen Costello has been hailed as ‘a prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact’ (Associated Press). The Philadelphia-born tenor quickly established a reputation as a ‘first-class talent’ (Opera News) after coming to national attention in 2007, when, aged 26, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut on the company’s season-opening night. Two years later, Stephen won the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, and he has since appeared at many of the world’s most important opera houses and music festivals, including the Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, Deutsche Staatsoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Semperoper Dresden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Hamburgische Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Arena di Verona, Salzburger Festspiele, Bregenzer Festspiele, and Glyndebourne Festival. As Opera News noted in a recent ‘Spotlight’ double-page spread, ‘the all-American tenor’ is now ‘at the top of his game’.
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This December, Stephen Costello brings his lauded portrayal of the poet Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème to audiences at the Bayerische Staatsoper. It’s a welcome return to Munich for Costello, who has previously appeared there as Rodolfo, as well as Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata, the title role in Verdi’s Don Carlo, and as Don […]
Stephen Costello returns to The Metropolitan Opera on November 30, bowing as Rodolfo in Zeffirelli’s classic production of Puccini’s La Bohème. Costello is an acclaimed interpreter of this iconic role, which he has previously sung at The Met, LA Opera, Teatro Real, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro di San Carlo, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Hamburg, New National Theatre […]
“Also impressive was the tenor Stephen Costello, who originated the role of the innocent Greenhorn at the opera’s premiere. Fifteen years later his lyric tenor has grown and now has a clarion power while maintaining a youthful freshness. He’s most moving in duet with the harpooner Queequeg”
