Tag: Anthony Roth Costanzo

  • A LETTER FROM ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO

    A LETTER FROM ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO

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    As I enter my 20th year of professional performance, I have been reflecting on the most resonant musical moments throughout my development as a singer. From my beginning as a Broadway baby to my now daily dances with Handel, I have realized that there is a lot of music in between those two poles which…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO

    PROGRAM NOTES: ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO

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      Henri Duparc was, with Berlioz and Fauré, among the pioneers of la mélodie (the French art song, as distinguished from folk song). His career was remarkable in that although he lived for 85 years, his reputation rests on barely more than a dozen songs. “Chanson triste” was Duparc’s first song, written at the age…