Anthony Roth Costanzo is a graduate of Princeton University and the Manhattan School of Music. Named Musical America’s 2019 Vocalist of the Year, he has received both the Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills Award and the Opera News Award in 2020. He made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Eustazio (Rinaldo), at Houston Grand Opera in the title role of Giulio Cesare, at the San Francisco Opera as Armindo (Partenope), and at the Finnish National Opera as the Spirit/Angel (Only the Sound Remains). At the Metropolitan Opera, he has performed as Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) and Unulfo (Rodelinda), and appeared at Santa Fe Opera in the world premiere of John Corigliano’s Lord of Cries. His portrayal of Akhnaten in Philip Glass’s Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and English National Opera earned the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.In concert, he has performed Le Grand Macabre, Carmina Burana, and Chichester Psalms, and he regularly appears in Handel’s Messiah, notably at Carnegie Hall. He has released the albums Glass Handel and Only an Octave Apart. In recent seasons, he has sung the role of Orpheus (Orfeo ed Euridice) at the Metropolitan Opera, appeared in Santa Fe in the world premiere of The Righteous by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith, in Boston in The Seasons, a new work interweaving Vivaldi’s music and written by Sarah Ruhl, and in Detroit in the title role of Rinaldo.In June 2024, Anthony Roth Costanzo assumed his new position as General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, balancing his administrative responsibilities with his singing career. During the 2025–2026 season, he will perform Akhnaten at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Satyagraha at the Paris Opera.At the Paris Opera: The Exterminating Angel (Francisco de Ávila), 2024.

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