Stephen Costello

Alfredo Germont est épris de Violetta Valéry, courtisane à la vie fastueuse et libertine. Son amour sincère pour elle gagne la jeune femme : ensemble, ils décident de quitter l'effervescence de la ville et s'installent à la campagne mais, bientôt, les difficultés d'argent se font sentir. Un jour, alors qu'il rentre d'un court voyage à Paris, Alfredo découvre avec désarroi que Violetta est partie.

David McVicar's atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history, retold as only Donizetti could. International superstar Anna Netrebko is Queen Anne Boleyn, trapped in an unhappy marriage to King Henry VIII (Ildar Abdrazakov) whose roving eye has settled on another woman—Jane Seymour (Ekaterina Gubanova), Anna's friend, but now her unwitting rival. Add in Anna's early love, Percy (Stephen Costello), just returned to the court from exile, and the result is a haunting, explosive account of Queen Anna's tragic final days, before she goes to her execution in one of the most moving and dazzling final scenes in all of opera.

Part of Tutto Verdi series - Otello (2008) Salzburg. 'Otello' is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play 'Othello'. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.

Grammy-winning tenor Jay Hunter Morris plays the role of Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's epic tale of a fierce, obsessive whaling-boat captain who descends into madness in this thrilling production from San Francisco Opera.

In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company presented an unprecedented virtual At-Home Gala, featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world.