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Anthony Roth Costanzo - Byrne, Glass: Liquid Days
Handel: Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto HWV 25 / Act 3 - Inumano fratel / Aria: Stille amare
Anthony Roth Costanzo - Handel: Flavio, HWV 16 - Rompo i Lacci
Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 - Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato
1 Glass, Glass: 1000 Airplanes On The Roof - The Encounter  
2 Handel, Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 - Pena Tiranna  
3 Byrne, Glass: Liquid Days  
4 Handel: Flavio, HWV 16 - Rompo i Lacci  
5 Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7 - 'Lascia ch'io pianga'  
6 Glass, Glass: Monsters Of Grace - In The Arc Of Your Mallet  
7 Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 - Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato  
8 Handel: Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto HWV 25 - Inumano fratel  
9 Handel: Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto HWV 25 - Aria: Stille amare  
10 Glass: The Fall Of The House Of Usher - How All Living Things Breathe  
11 Handel: Serse, HWV 40 - 'Ombra mai fu'  
12 Glass: Akhnaten - Hymn to the Sun  
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"Anthony Roth Costanzo exists to transform opera." - THE NEW YORK TIMES

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo Announces ARC his debut solo album pairing arias of Philip Glass and Handel Set for release on September 21 on Decca Gold. In conjunction with the album, Costanzo and Visionaire unveil  GLASS HANDEL, an ambitious live installation of ARC in Philadelphia (Sept 22, 23, 30) and NYC (Nov 26, 27)

Along with ARC, Costanzo and the avant-garde fashion/art company VISIONAIRE and producer CATH BRITTAN will present GLASS HANDEL, an hour-long, live interdisciplinary installation that will take place at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18 (at the Barnes Foundation) on September 22-23, 30, and in New York City (produced with National Sawdust at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, who co-present) on November 26-27.

With GLASS HANDEL, Costanzo and Visionaire have curated an unprecedented collaboration with stars from the worlds of art, fashion, dance, and film: 

  • Anthony Roth Costanzo on opera, interdisciplinary collaboration, and identity / The Harvard Crimson
    Posted At: March 26, 2024 12:00 AM
    The Harvard Crimson's Lara R. Tan writes….A not-so-quick trip down the YouTube rabbit hole and chances are someone comes across this Vox video: “How an opera gets made.” The video features the spectacle of the opera at hand — Philip Glass’s modern masterpiece “Akhnaten” — as well as the unforgettable virtuosity of its leading man, Anthony Roth Costanzo.Possessing one of the rarest voice types in opera — the...
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  • During COVID-19, The New Music Solidarity Fund is set to provide emergency assistance grants to new/creative/improvised music freelancers / New Music USA
    Posted At: March 25, 2020 12:00 AM

    The New Music Solidarity Fund is designed to help new/creative/improvised music freelancers whose livelihood has been threatened as a result of performances which have been canceled during the COVID-19 crisis. The Fund was started by a group of musicians in the new music community who have raised over $130,000 in a week, primarily from fellow musicians, composers, and music professionals. Our hope is tha...
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  • Philip Glass's 'Akhnaten' brings ancient egyptian piety to life / NATIONAL REVIEW
    Posted At: December 14, 2019 12:00 AM

    The final opera in Philip Glass's "portrait" trilogy, Akhnaten, which premiered in 1984, had its Metropolitan debut this season. (The first two in the trilogy, Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, are about the lives of Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi, respectively.) The score is minimalist with maximal effect, repetitive and slowly building on themes. The libretto is primarily in English, but al...
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  • In classical music it was a year of building, deconstructing and, occasionally, rescuing / The Washington Post
    Posted At: December 10, 2019 12:00 AM

    Every year has highs and lows. Sometimes they're even connected. In 2019, classical music wrestled with topical issues and economic concerns that were reflected in some of the year's most significant triumphs. The Met reboots - The beauty of "Akhnaten," in Phelim McDermott's production, marked a moment when the beleaguered and often mediocre Metropolitan Opera had a chance to turn things around. At l...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo is remarkable in Boston Baroque's production of Monteverdi' 'Coronation of Poppea' / The Boston Musical Intelligencer
    Posted At: April 30, 2019 12:00 AM

    A few days after experiencing Boston Baroque's riveting production of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea (on Friday evening at Jordan Hall), and I am still reflecting on Poppea's world of 64 A.D., one in whose important characters are ethically compromised, amoral, and, despite their beautiful voices, generally unpleasant. And I am still smiling, remembering the beauty of all of this opera...
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  • 14th annual OPERA NEWS Awards honors five major figures
    Posted At: April 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    The 14th annual OPERA NEWS Awards were held on April 7, 2019, with a star-studded gala that honored five major figures of the opera world. The evening began with a cocktail hour before guests and honorees were brought to the main hall of the Plaza Hall to get the ceremony underway. OPERA NEWS editor F. Paul Driscoll kicked off the proceedings by introducing Anthony Roth Costanzo and noting that the famed...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo bridges the hypermodern and the baroque / KUAF: ArtsBeat
    Posted At: January 29, 2019 12:00 AM

    In Arc, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo oscillates between Baroque master George Frideric Handel and modern opera giant Philip Glass. His debut release on the Decca label is nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the category of Best Classical Solo Voice. "I say that Handel defined me and Glass changed me, and I wanted to see if somehow might they work together," says Costanzo. "In a way, I began to see Hande...
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  • ARC speaks with KDFC about GRAMMY nominated debut
    Posted At: January 17, 2019 12:00 AM

    Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo‘s debut CD from Decca, called ARC, juxtaposes arias by Handel with pieces by Philip Glass. He sees a similarity in the two composers, beyond their considerable impact on both his career and approach to performing. The recording was recently nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. The news of his nomination came as a surprise ...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo's ARC on WVIA
    Posted At: January 10, 2019 12:00 AM

    Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo's ARC, on Decca Gold, pairs the arias of Philip Glass and GF Handel. Joined by orchestra -  LES VIOLONS DU ROY, led by JONATHAN COHEN, who have as much facility with minimalism as baroque style. The style juxtaposition is anchored by Costanzo's alternatingly powerful and sweet sound. "Handel defined me. Glass changed me," writes the 36-year-old singer....
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo discusses ARC with Spokane Public Radio
    Posted At: November 20, 2018 12:00 AM

    Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo's debut solo album pairing arias of Philip Glass and Handel - ARC on Decca Gold takes place in conjunction with the Philadelphia presentation/collaboration with avant-garde fashion/art company Visionaire and producer CATH BRITTAN. GLASS HANDEL, the hour-long, live interdisciplinary installation took place at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18 (at the Barnes Found...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo discusses ARC with WKCR: New York
    Posted At: November 20, 2018 12:00 AM

    Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo's debut solo album pairing arias of Philip Glass and Handel - ARC on Decca Gold takes place in conjunction with the Philadelphia presentation/collaboration with avant-garde fashion/art company Visionaire and producer CATH BRITTAN. GLASS HANDEL, the hour-long, live interdisciplinary installation took place at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18 (at the Barnes Found...
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  • In advance of Celebrity Series, Anthony Roth Costanzo Q&A's with Radio Boston
    Posted At: November 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    Anthony Roth Costanzo has been hailed by NPR as "a Countertenor For The 21st Century" and he's made it his mission to make opera mainstream again. That's no easy task for a genre that's struggled to connect with contemporary audiences. But Costanzo believes through collaboration with musicians, artists, filmmakers, and fashionistas - opera can reach anyone. Costanzo's debut album - AR...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo set for Celebrity Series debut / WCRB: Boston
    Posted At: November 2, 2018 12:00 AM

    If you've never heard a countertenor sing, the first time can be a shock. And if your first countertenor happens to be Anthony Roth Costanzo, he's joyfully going to exploit that shock. "When I go into a room and people haven't heard a countertenor, and they think ‘What the hell is going on? Why is this guy singing like that?' I love that," he says. "I love using those 30 seconds of ...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo confounds expectations of how a man should sound / WHYY
    Posted At: October 30, 2018 12:00 AM

    Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo's ARC debut solo album pairing arias of Philip Glass and Handel on Decca Gold happens in conjunction with an hour-long, live interdisciplinary installation presented by the avant-garde fashion/art company VISIONAIRE and producer CATH BRITTAN. First appearing at the Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18 (at the Barnes Foundation) on September 22-23, 30, and set ...
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  • Tilda Swinton directs best music video of 2018 using Anthony Roth Costanzo's Handel / W
    Posted At: October 28, 2018 12:00 AM

    Tilda Swinton the actress and artist, co-directed, with partner Sandro Kopp, a music video. What's the music? Handel! Specifically, an operatic aria sung by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. The video? Swinton's dogs playing on a beach! It's good and fun and relaxing and a pure joy to watch. The project is part of a series of videos made for Anthony Roth Costanzo's newest work, bein...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo discusses ARC with Classical Radio
    Posted At: October 25, 2018 12:00 AM

    Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo's debut solo album pairing arias of Philip Glass and Handel - ARC on Decca Gold takes place in conjunction with the Philadelphia presentation/collaboration with avant-garde fashion/art company Visionaire and producer CATH BRITTAN. GLASS HANDEL, the hour-long, live interdisciplinary installation took place at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18 (at the Barnes Found...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo with Les Violons du Roy triumph at University of Akron / clevelandclassical.com
    Posted At: October 22, 2018 12:00 AM

    American countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and the Quebec-based Baroque orchestra Les Violons du Roy, with their new music director Jonathan Cohen, made a stop at E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron on Tuesday, October 16, in a presentation by Tuesday Musical. The concert included music from their recent album ARC – Glass / Handel, plus a Handel concerto grosso and an excerpt from a Philip...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo is musical america: vocalist of the year
    Posted At: October 17, 2018 12:00 AM

    To understand what makes the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo remarkable, one could start by looking at the cover art of his debut recording, ARC, which alternates arias by Handel and Philip Glass. This is no ordinary artist photo or anodyne image: Rather, in a startling, Cubist-looking painting by George Condo, Costanzo's chiseled, three-quarter profile gazes intently into the distance, its one limpid...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo w/Les Violons du Roy, blend Handel and Glass at Jorgensen theater / The Daily Campus
    Posted At: October 13, 2018 12:00 AM

    On Wednesday night, UCONN's Jorgensen graced its audience with Les Violons du Roy, a French-Canadian chamber orchestra who blended both contemporary and baroque music whilst featuring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. Before the show, there was a pre-concert lecture with Jonathan Cohen, the new music director and conductor of Les Violons du Roy. He discussed how this is the orchestra's fir...
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  • 'Glass Handel' at the Barnes Foundation: Anthony Roth Costanzo moves us... literally / Philly.com
    Posted At: September 24, 2018 12:00 AM

    It's hard to know for sure, of course, but it's probably safe to assume that Anthony Roth Costanzo has some control issues. Sunday night at the Barnes Foundation, the countertenor left nothing to chance. In a multi-genre creation called Glass Handel, perhaps the most unorthodox installment in Opera Philadelphia's O18 festival, even the audience was choreographed. Crowds were grouped into ...
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  • Handel and Philip Glass, but make It fashion / The New York Times
    Posted At: September 21, 2018 12:00 AM

    For a countertenor, music history is a broken line. At one end is the treasury of parts written for castrato singers during the Baroque era; at the other, an explosion of contemporary music. In between is the 19th century: the mainstay of opera, and a countertenor void. Anthony Roth Costanzo, 36, has just released "ARC," a recording that bridges the Great Countertenor Gap, finding common ground betwe...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo is breaking down opera's stodgy stereotype / npr: all things considered
    Posted At: September 21, 2018 12:00 AM

    Despite being one of the first and oldest forms of popular music, opera sometimes struggles to connect with 21st century audiences. However, Anthony Roth Costanzo is breaking down the genre's stodgy stereotype and making opera more accessible - taking his distinctive sound to the masses, from a sixth-grade classroom in the Bronx to NPR's own Tiny Desk. "I'm trying to turn that around, transfo...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo hopes to do for opera what 'Hamilton' has done for the Broadway musical / WSJ
    Posted At: September 21, 2018 12:00 AM

    THROUGH AN ambitious project premiering this fall, the renowned countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, 36, hopes to do for opera what Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton has done for the Broadway musical: make the art form newly relevant by giving it a 21st-century vibe. To that end, Costanzo, a star of both the traditional opera circuit and the new music scene, is producing Glass Handel, a series of operatic eve...
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  • Anthony Roth Costanzo on npr - tiny desk
    Posted At: September 21, 2018 12:00 AM

    Anthony Roth Costanzo is a feisty performer who knows a thing or two about busting down barriers in classical music. After all, opera singers don't normally belt out arias behind office desks, and they don't insist on lugging harpsichords with them. They also don't routinely sing in Bronx middle school classrooms and get students talking about emotions. But Costanzo is fearless. (And after se...
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  • How opera singer and die-hard New Yorker Anthony Roth Costanzo came to love Philly's big-time arts and small-scale streets / DEPARTURES
    Posted At: September 17, 2018 12:00 AM

    Anthony Roth Costanzo sang his first opera at the age of 13. Since then, the award-winning countertenor has performed in opera houses around the world. He has also brought his angelic voice to a number unorthodox venues, from Joe's Pub and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to Madison Square Garden, reflecting his commitment to bringing opera to new and diverse audiences. At Philadelphia's Barnes Found...
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