Stephen Costello

Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy. Tenor Stephen Costello is her lover Alfredo, alongside baritone Luca Salsi as his disapproving father and Maestro Daniele Callegari on the podium.

In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company presented an unprecedented virtual At-Home Gala, featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world.

Pasión, engaño y venganza, sobre las aguas del Lago Constanza. El escenario flotante del Festival de Bregenz, en Austria, acoge por primera vez en sus 73 años de historia, la ópera Rigoletto, de Giuseppe Verdi. Philipp Stölzl, escenógrafo, director de cine y de escena alemán ha llevado un monumental Rigoletto al mundo circense para explicar la historia de un padre desafortunado que quería a su hija en demasía, controlándola demasiado para evitarle caer en las pérfidas manos del libidinoso Duque de Mantua. Enrique Mazzola, dirigiendo desde el contiguo Festspielhaus a la Sinfónica de Viena, consiguió llevar a buen puerto la popular obra verdiana. Vocalmente hubo dos claros protagonistas, Vladimir Stoyanov como Rigoletto y la Gilda de la soprano francesa Mélissa Petit.

Grammy-winning tenor Jay Hunter Morris plays the role of Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's epic tale of a fierce, obsessive whaling-boat captain who descends into madness in this thrilling production from San Francisco Opera.

David McVicar's atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history, retold as only Donizetti could. International superstar Anna Netrebko is Queen Anne Boleyn, trapped in an unhappy marriage to King Henry VIII (Ildar Abdrazakov) whose roving eye has settled on another woman—Jane Seymour (Ekaterina Gubanova), Anna's friend, but now her unwitting rival. Add in Anna's early love, Percy (Stephen Costello), just returned to the court from exile, and the result is a haunting, explosive account of Queen Anna's tragic final days, before she goes to her execution in one of the most moving and dazzling final scenes in all of opera.

Part of Tutto Verdi series - Otello (2008) Salzburg. 'Otello' is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play 'Othello'. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.