We'll hear Costanzo singing an excerpt from "Akhenaten" a little later. Some of his repertoire from the 16s - music by such composers as Handel and Monteverdi - was originally written for castrati, men who were castrated before puberty to prevent their voices from changing and deepening. Today we feature our interview with Anthony Roth Costanzo.Īs a countertenor, he sings in the range associated with women's voices. And next week, he returns to that celebrated role at the Met Opera.
The album from the production won a Grammy this year. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey, in for Terry Gross.ĪNTHONY ROTH COSTANZO: (Singing in non-English language).īIANCULLI: That's countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role of the Metropolitan Opera House production of the Philip Glass opera "Akhenaten," about the Egyptian pharaoh who was married to Nefertiti.
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