Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents
Come Out of the Cold
A Winter Cabaret
Anthony Roth Costanzo
and the Singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program
with the Conservatory Piano Fellows
December 20
Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents
Anthony Roth Costanzo
and the Singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program
with the Conservatory Piano Fellows
December 20
Join the Bard College Conservatory of Music’s Vocal Arts Program for Come Out of the Cold: A Winter Cabaret. This one-night-only event, held at the Fisher Center’s LUMA Theater, promises warmth, joy, and stellar performances to wrap up the Conservatory’s Fall concert season.
This holiday-infused cabaret spectacular will feature countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, acclaimed for his luminous voice and captivating stage presence. A celebrated opera star and the general director of Opera Philadelphia, Costanzo has performed with the world’s most prestigious opera houses and orchestras, including the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. He will be joined by the Graduate Vocal Arts Program singers and Conservatory Piano Fellows, showcasing the exceptional talent nurtured at Bard.
The evening was originally set to feature internationally-renowned mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, a pillar of the vibrant Vocal Arts Program faculty. While Stephanie is unable to perform on December 20 due to illness, her ongoing contributions and influence continue to inspire the spirit of this performance.
The program features beloved seasonal songs like “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” “White Christmas,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” in a mix of cherished holiday favorites and art songs.
Celebrate the magic of winter with music that warms the heart—don’t miss this festive evening!
Artwork: Winter, Monadnock by Abbott Handerson Thayer; Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway. As of June 2024, he is the General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia. Costanzo has with appeared many of the world’s most prestigious opera companies and orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Opera National de Paris, Teatro Real, New York Philharmonic The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Berlin Philharmonic, NDR at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the London Symphony Orchestra, among others. This season, he produces and stars in The Seasons, a new work incorporating the music of Vivaldi and co-created with and written by the renowned playwright and poet Sarah Ruhl, and he stars in and creates a one-man rendition of The Nozze di Figaro in the inaugural season of Little Island’s new performing arts series in New York. He also returns to the Detroit Opera for Rinaldo and will be presented in recital in Herbst Theater by San Francisco Performances. His most recent album, Anthony Roth Costanzo & Justin Vivian Bond: Only an Octave Apart was released in January 2022, and his first album, ARC was released in September 2018 and was nominated for the 2019 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. He also stars on the Metropolitan Opera’s recording and DVD of Akhnaten which won the 2022 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. As a producer, he has created projects for Opera Philadelphia, The New York Philharmonic, The BBC Proms, WQXR, and St. Ann’s Warehouse among others. Costanzo was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in a Merchant Ivory film and graduated with honors from Princeton University, and Manhattan School of Music, where he is now on the board of trustees along with being on the board of National Black Theater. Costanzo also has an Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan School of Music, a History Makers Award from the New York Historical Society, and has been a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard University.
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