"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 fall, Stephen Costello returns to the Canadian Opera Company, starring as Roméo in Gounod’s retelling of Shakespeare’s classic love story, Roméo et Juliette. It’s a signature role for the tenor, who has previously bowed as Roméo at The Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Santa Fe Opera, and others. Costello joins an all-star cast, led by […]
On July 2, 5, 10, and 12, Stephen Costello makes an anticipated role and house debut at the Teatro Colón , starring in Benjamin Britten’s complex morality tale, Billy Budd. Based on Herman Melville’s novella, the story follows the young, innocent sailor Billy Budd, whose beauty and goodness inspire admiration but also jealousy among his […]
“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”
