"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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In April, Stephen Costello joins Arizona Opera for two recitals in Tempe and Tucson, performing at Arizona State University and The University of Arizona. Accompanied by the celebrated pianist Anthony Manoli, Mr. Costello will present a dynamic program of songs and arias. These recitals continue Arizona Opera’s long-standing collaboration with the Tucson Desert Song Festival. […]
This March, Stephen Costello returns to the role of Greenhorn in the Metropolitan Opera’s company debut of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick. Mr. Costello originated the role in the opera’s world premiere at The Dallas Opera in 2010. Since then, the opera — based on Herman Melville’s classic 1851 novel — has been performed at San Francisco […]
“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”
