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Jennifer Rowley, Gabriella Reyes, Stephen Costello Headline Opera Italiana is in the Air’s ‘REBIRTH!’

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(Credit: JP YIM) Opera Italiana is in the Air has announced that it will present “REBIRTH!” on June 28, 2021. The showcase is set to take place at the Naumburg Bandshell in New York’s Central Park and will feature musicians from The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, The Juilliard School, The New School, and The Manhattan School of Music. {…}

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The Metropolitan Opera Returns to Stage with ‘A Concert for New York’ Featuring Angel Blue & Stephen Costello

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to return to the stage on Sunday, May 16, at the Knockdown Center, the Queens performing arts space. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, and soloists Angel Blue, Stephen Costello, Justin Austin, and Eric Owens, in “A Concert for New York.” The program will include {…}

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The Dallas Opera to Stream ‘Carmen’ Starring Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Stephen Costello

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The Dallas Opera has announced that it will be streaming its 2018 production of “Carmen” for free for a limited time. The video stream is set to debut on Oct. 9, 2020 via the company’s official website. The performance will be available for repeat viewings through Nov. 8, 2020. The production stars Stéphanie d’Oustrac in the title role with Stephen {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Sonya Yoncheva & Stephen Costello Headline New DVD/CD Releases – August 26

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This week will feature two unique releases from 2018 festivals. Both sets were extremely well-regarded productions when they premiered. Rigoletto  C Major releases a new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” from the Bregenz Festival. The new release stars Stephen Costello, Vladimir Stoyanov, Mélissa Petit, Miklós Sebestyén, and  Katrin Wundsam in a production by  Philipp Stölzl. Enrique Mazzola conducts the production which OperaWire {…}

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Stephen Costello Replaces Juan Diego Flórez In ‘La Traviata’

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Juan Diego Flórez has canceled the Dec. 26, 2019 performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The Metropolitan Opera announced that due to illness, the Peruvian tenor will not be able to perform the Verdi opera. As a result, Stephen Costello will replace him. Costello is already set to perform the April performances of “La Traviata” at the Met alongside Anita Hartig {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Interview: Tenor Stephen Costello’s Debut Double-Header

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What’s a nice guy like the 2009 Richard Tucker Award-winner Stephen Costello to do when playing a character known for anger issues and a jealous streak a mile wide? Go for sympathy, make the audience empathize with “a lost person with a good heart.” That’s what Costello did for his role debut as Don José in the Dallas Opera production {…}

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky Gala To Feature Ildar Abdrazakov & Stephen Costello

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On August 26, 2018, Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s family and friends, together with the Krasnoyarsk Government and Rusfond (Russian Fond for Help to Sick Children), will organize a charity concert “Hvorostovsky and Friends.” The concert, which is set to be in the memory of Hvorostovsky, will be held in Peace Square near the Great Concert Hall of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic where the {…}