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Baritone

Andrew Costello

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Mr. Costello’s Scarpia has been hailed as: “an erotically threatening presence.”
(M.T. Ketterson, Metropolitan Opera News).  This season (2017-18), Mr. Costello revises this role with Verismo Opera.  His further commitments include recitals in New York, including a return engagement in Carnegie Hall, as well as a tribute to Carlos Gomes in São Paolo in the spring.

Mr. Costello brings with him a wealth of performance experience, having sung more than twenty-five leading operatic roles in the United States and Europe.  His accomplishments range from the baroque music of Monteverdi to the advanced tonalities of contemporary opera.
Critics have consistently recognized his outstanding talent:

 “First and foremost is Andrew Costello, a fabulous heldenbariton, whose reading of the Flying Dutchman Monologue recalled some of the greatest baritones I have ever heard.”   
Charles Handelman, Classical Singer Magazine
 
“He sings with resonant power and great beauty.”   
Des Moines Register
 
“His voice is visionary and grand.”     Frankfurter Rundschau
  
Mr. Costello returned to Des Moines Metro Opera as Scarpia in Tosca.  He recently gave a recital in Milan, Italy, honoring the legacy of baritone Piero Cappuccilli.   He also recently debuted in the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer in New York City.

Mr. Costello’s career began with Glimmerglass Opera in L'Incoronazione di Poppea, directed by Jonathan Miller and conducted by Jane Glover. He has since appeared with, among others, the Atlanta Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, where he made his debut as Jokanaan in Salomé. Notable roles include Don Alfonso in Così fan Tutte, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Alidoro in La Cenerentola.  As a concert soloist, Mr. Costello made his debut at Carnegie Hall in Mozart's Requiem and was invited back to sing in Handel's Messiah.

Mr. Costello’s career in Europe was launched when he won the auditions for the prestigious International Opera Studio of Zürich.  This success was followed by appearances with Cologne Opera, Bremerhaven Opera, the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic, Mecklenburg Landestheater and Stadttheater Giessen.  His performances include: Mephisto in The Damnation of Faust, the Four Villains in Tales of Hoffmann, Mephisto in Louis Spohr's Faust, Escamillo in Carmen, Pizarro in Fidelio, and the High Priest in Samson et Dalila. 

He also performed as Wotan in Das Rheingold under the baton of Dr. Gustav Kuhn at the Tiroler Festival in Erl, Austria.  Mr. Costello has sung with many important conductors such as Anton Coppola, Jérôme Pillement, Jane Glover, Frédéric Chaslin, and Dr. Robert Larsen. 

A native of New York City, Mr. Costello was born into a musical family, where he was instilled with a love of music.  He was first recruited to sing at the age of four by the local church choir director, his mother.  His father, clarinetist with The Florida Symphony, taught him clarinet and music theory.  Metropolitan Opera Baritone, Abe Polakoff provided his vocal instruction.

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