Anthony Roth Costanzo Countertenor

Biography

Anthony Roth Costanzo is a graduate of Princeton University and the Manhattan School of Music. Named 2019 Singer of the Year by Musical America, he is the recipient of the Metropolitan Opera's Beverly Sills Award and the 2020 Opera News Award. He made his debuts at Glyndebourne Festival as Eustazio (Rinaldo), Houston Grand Opera as Giulio Cesare, San Francisco Opera as Armindo (Partenope), and Finnish National Opera as the Spirit/Angel (Only the Sound Remains by Kaija Saariaho). He has sung Prince Orlofsky (The Bat) and Unulfo (Rodelinda) at New York's Metropolitan Opera, and will return to Santa Fe Opera in 2021 for the world premiere of John Corigliano's Lord of Cries.

His performances of Philip Glass's Akhnaten at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and English National Opera earned him a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2022. His concert appearances include Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, Orff's Carmina Burana and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and he regularly performs Handel's Messiah, most notably at Carnegie Hall. He is the author of the albums Glass Handel and Only an Octave Apart.

In recent seasons, he has sung the role of Orpheus (Orphée et Euridice) at New York's Metropolitan Opera and appeared in the world premiere of Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith's The Righteous at Santa Fe Opera. In the 2024-2025 season, he appears at Opera Boston in The Seasons, a new work with music by Vivaldi co-created and written by Sarah Ruhl, and returns to Opera Detroit in the title role of Rinaldo. In June 2024, Anthony Roth Costanzo began his new position as General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, balancing his administrative duties with his international singing career.

At the Opéra national de Paris: The Exterminating Angel (Francisco de Ávíla), 2024