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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

About Stephen

In the 2024/25 season, Stephen will return to the Metropolitan Opera for Duca di Mantua Rigoletto and Greenhorn Moby Dick, as well as singing Romeo Romeo et Juliette at Opernhaus Zürich and the title role Don Carlo at Bayerische Staatsoper. In concert, he will perform Beethoven's Symphony no.9 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the Houston Symphony, he will sing a gala concert with Kristine Opolais in Saltillo, Mexico and a series of recitals alongside pianist Anthony Manoli with Arizona Opera.

Last season saw Costello sing Don José Carmen at Bayerische Staatsoper, Rodolfo La bohème at The Metropolitan Opera (including his 100th performance at the Met), Verdi’s Requiem at Opernhaus Zürich, Rodolfo La bohème with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia and at the Vail Festival and his debut in the role of Cavaradossi in Tosca, first in concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and then on the stage at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan.

He has appeared at many of the world’s most important opera houses and music festivals, including the Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Semperoper Dresden, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Arena di Verona, Salzburger Festspiele, Bregenzer Festspiele, and Glyndebourne Festival.

Stephen is based in New York, USA

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024
The Metropolitan Opera
Rigoletto (Duca di Mantua) Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor) Bartlett Sher (director)
Nov 2024
Jones Hall Houston
Beethoven - Symphony no.9 in D-minor Houston Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Opernhaus Zürich
Roméo et Juliette (Roméo) Timur Zangiev (conductor) Ted Huffman (director)

Selected Repertoire

BeethovenSymphony no.9 in D-minor
BizetCarmen (Don José)
DelibesLakme (Gerald)
DonizettiAnna Bolena (Percy)   •   La Favorite (Fernando)   •   Linda di Chamounix (Visconte di Sirval)   •   Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)   •   Maria Stuarda (Leicester)   •   Roberto Devereux (title role)
GounodFaust (title role)   •   Roméo et Juliette (Roméo)
HeggieMoby-Dick (Greenhorn)
LehárThe Merry Widow (Camille de Rosillon)
MascagniL’Amico Fritz (Fritz Kobus)
MassenetManon (Le Chevalier des Grieux)
PucciniLa bohème (Rodolfo)   •   Madama Butterfly (B.F. Pinkerton)   •   Tosca (Cavaradossi*)
SzymanowskiKing Roger (Shepherd)
TchaikovskyEugene Onegin (Lensky)
VerdiUn ballo in maschera (Riccardo)   •   Don Carlo (title role)   •   Ernani (title role)   •   Rigoletto (Il Duca di Mantova)   •   La Traviata (Alfredo)
VerdiMessa da Requiem

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  • La bohème

    Metropolitan Opera
    Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
    • Seemingly earnest by nature, Costello is a serious Rodolfo. The tenor was in particularly fine voice for this performance, singing with exceptional elasticity and emotion. The ease with which he caressed and then lingered on the climatic phrase of “Che gelida manina” was particularly impressive.