What a terrific, insightful guy! He is prodigiously talented and should also be an ambassador to the public schools. These kids were undoubtedly not exposed before to the rarified world of opera and their expressions revealed a sense of awe and wonder. God willing it will give them the incentive to learn more about how life-enhancing the arts can be, and that so much of the horrors of urban life can be altered for the better.
After seeing Anthony in Akhnaten I needed this interview because it gave me more about him and he is absolutely gifted end of the highest quality His ability to express himself is outstanding I wonder if he could do anything in film as an actor he's such a great person
This is one of the best musician interviews I've heard, from one of the most brilliant performers and music ambassadors. One day, I'd love to be invited to one of Anthony's dinner parties!
The kids certainly got it. It was amazing to see how he captivated their attention and how appreciatively rewarded his wonderful performance. It brought tears in my eyes. Thank you for this conversation.
@EileenPollock if there's anything I dream of, it is having an opportunity to watch the trilogy of Glass' "Portrait-operas" live: "Einstein on the beach", "Satyagraha" and "Akhnaten"... I had the chance to see Mr. Glass playing with violinist Tim Fain here in Brazil in 2012 (and it was breathtaking!) but I won't rest until I watch his operas live
@@HAYAOLEONE well perfection is quite boring, if one were to play perfect all the time there is no struggle. The struggle makes the battle, do you understand ?
@@print-helloworld-8977 lol I think _you_ would need to understand a few things before doing what you do, child.. _ 🤡🤡🤡 'pErFeCTiON iS bORiNg HURR DURR' 🤡🤡🤡
Wonderful human being and great interview. I saw the Met live performance and in HD broadcast of Akhnaten. Both were mesmerizing and he was magnificent. Mr. Costanzo had a great interview with Terry Gross in October 2019. Worth listening to. Please, please, somebody make a film version of Farinelli and the King and cast Mr. Costanzo.
A star has born. He is Awesome, those applauses are so genuine, awesome, I love it. Thanks for sharing your art with these children, they will remember this experience for ever.
Here is a good example of children not being exposed at home to musicians at a very young age and when they see someone like Anthony, It is a real wake up call. Music needs to be in the school system, You will see a new kind of a student when it happens! Anthony is perhaps one of the best, he is a good example of where others can install some creativity which comes from exposure. Take the T,V. out of the house, and put some music in your life.
Absolutely right. But I suspect that the school systems in the USA put just as little emphasis on music as in Germany. Is that correct? Vollkommen richtig. Ich habe aber den Verdacht, dass die Schulsysteme in den USA genauso wenig Musik in den Vordergrund stellen wie in Deutschland. Ist das richtig?
A very wonderful interview on many many levels . The opening section was amazing with the young people in the school and the final spontaneous joy and laughter of Zsolt was delightful .... a perfect wrap to the interview which was a gift. Anthony, besides having a wonderful voice shared many deep insights - he is an inspiration. Thank you producers, well done.
ARC's comment on Bowie, Jackson etc having a link to castrati is obvious when it is pointed out. I would throw in Geoff Buckley and Thom Yorke as being singers who use the counter tenor voice so effectively. Very interesting interview.
First of all the song is beautiful and even more beautifully sung and secondly, the fact that he won over a 6th grade class in the Bronx! you got em! I heard Anthony on NPR and had to youtube it. What a gift. Thank you. I am a fan now and I will be following you on spotify, pandora and all other streaming services from now on 😊
He's delightful!!! So engaging. "I think there's so much disbelief to suspend in opera that is the least of our worries." LOL!!!! OMG and Zsolt's reaction. Priceless!!!
Thank you so much for this interview! As a professional musician and one who wears other hats, I totally resonated with this interview. It was very moving and I loved everything about it from A to Z. My first encounter with ARC was several years ago as an admin assistant for the George London Foundation Competition - he was one of the singers (and winners) and I remember how kind he was then. He hasn't changed. :) Also, the Beethoven was gorgeous in this. Bravo to all involved in this wonderful presentation.
Mr. Costanzo shares a couple dozen gems of wisdom applicable to singers & instrumentalists, alike. Host, Zsolt Bognár, facilitated the interview with grace and flexibility, allowing these practical and philosophical gems to appear -- one mighty gem is at 13:27 The producers made a brilliant choice to start this episode with Costanzo interacting with elementary school kids (▰˘◡˘▰)
I heard him sing in Poppea with Amanda Forsythe in Boston earlier this year. Their chemistry was electric! Both are excellent actors as well as singers. I’ve watched several clips of others singing Pur ti miro and none of them can hold a candle to the performance I saw. They appeared so wrapped up in each other that the audience might as well not have existed. It was extremely powerful.
I think at first many of them didn't fully comprehend that the voice but after a while it sunk in and they were able to see the beauty of both the voice and the song. coming from a
Great interview! Thank you for sharing. Anthony Roth Costanzo is immensely likable. Looking forward to seeing the Metropolitan Opera's "Akhnaten" next week in the cinema. :-)
@@LivingtheClassicalLife Aujourd'hui, il fait -9C à Montréal. J'ai marché 3 kilomètres sur la rue Mont-Royal, d'un bon pas et en évitant tous les obstacles ... avec en boucle dans les écouteurs, l'album ARC (Anthony Roth Constanzo accompagné par Les Violons du Roy - Glass & Handel). Le BONHEUR !!!
A wonderful interview with a dynamic, engaging artist. I just want to add that, as a fan of PDQ Bach, I learned about countertenor singing from the great John Ferrante, who was billed as "bargain countertenor."
Fascinated by this voice after hearing the Terry Gross interview… brilliant to see his presentation to urban middle schoolers… at the perfect time in their lives when their bodies and voices are changing so dramatically… they are surrounded often by such images, sounds and words of often ugly stereotypes… yet, they get it! Bravo kids! Hope you can be again reached often by the fluidity of form, sound and language of life.
1:02 on is basically the song and dance of the teacher... you learn to ignore all the rude kids and just try to show the ones who listen something beautiful...
"..out of standard range?" god I'm sick and tired of, let's admit it - straight people's dismissing of the countertenor voice! What a glorious voice and musicality this man possesses, BRAVO!!
Never heard a countertenor that didn't sound like a blowsy mezzo that should have retired several seasons back. BTW: I'm gay and a life-long opera buff.
@@hrh4961 I believe that the standards for countertenors are not as high as in the overall repertoire, as it is a "recently re-discovered" voice. However, I would suggest anyone to listen to Philippe Jaroussky if they haven't yet, for example th-cam.com/video/Gj7LZW0vp1c/w-d-xo.html. His melodic line, dynamic nuances and colors give such a stunning feeling to the aria!
This interview didn't convince me at all of "perfection is deeply boring". Just the opposite: if you want to reach the hearts of the listeners, you not only need to strive for perfection - but beyond perfection. Perfection is not enough! :-)
It's the imperfections that inevitably arise on the path to perfection that make the journey beautiful. Perfection is ultimately subjective anyway, as is art.
Yes, you need to strive to do your absolute best technically, but then you have to let it go. Striving for technical perfection over the soul of the music is where it takes away the life.
@@robinorene What's often called "technical perfection" is just the ignorance of what's going on musically. You need to know all the little details in harmony, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, sound etc.. Some lucky people seem to have this knowledge just by intuition, others don't. That's why the "letting go" approach doesn't work for everyone. Most of us will have to consciously consider how to play each note, phrase, passage.
@@kpunkt.klaviermusik I agree - and I am a singer and pianist, however, as a singer especially, if I continue to focus on perfection while I’m performing, and never letting go into the passion of the music, I am my own stumbling block. But I agree with Eugene Peterson’s quote - years of discipline for an instant of freedom. This freedom is not easy to achieve, takes many years of discipline and is not continual,. I’m at the point while striving to work my hardest/smartest and be the most proficient I can in so much work leading up to a performance,, if I ultimately can’t let go and experience the music with my whole being, it is losing something. I agree with all the work, all you said of course. I’m saying it’s wonderful and totally life-giving when you can get to the point of trusting all that and giving your being to the music.
Anyone who can answer a question about whether performers should "out" themselves, and if it would affect the roles they play with "there's so much disbelief to suspend in general in Opera...."
You need to listen fully to what he says. We sometimes far too quickly react to what we're hearing and unconsciously are thinking through an argument or point -- too busy to hear what was said. Re: "what he said" -- in full -- not just the phrase as it is titled, I totally agree.
But at one point, you have to let the focus on technical perfection go. You have to just sing, trusting that all the work you have put in will be there.
What a terrific, insightful guy! He is prodigiously talented and should also be an ambassador to the public schools. These kids were undoubtedly not exposed before to the rarified world of opera and their expressions revealed a sense of awe and wonder. God willing it will give them the incentive to learn more about how life-enhancing the arts can be, and that so much of the horrors of urban life can be altered for the better.
iconic.
Fabulous!!
After seeing Anthony in Akhnaten I needed this interview because it gave me more about him and he is absolutely gifted end of the highest quality
His ability to express himself is outstanding I wonder if he could do anything in film as an actor he's such a great person
LOVE this guy... his voice, his spirit, his giving nature... what a gem!
This is one of the best musician interviews I've heard, from one of the most brilliant performers and music ambassadors. One day, I'd love to be invited to one of Anthony's dinner parties!
The kids certainly got it. It was amazing to see how he captivated their attention and how appreciatively rewarded his wonderful performance. It brought tears in my eyes. Thank you for this conversation.
Stefania I agree.
Me too!!
What a wonderfully talented and authentic human being! I love his spirit and the joy he exudes.
He is a wonderful person, just as you describe! (We were in an opera together at grad school) :)
Yes because we're all living fake lives here.
He's so charmingly sane.
That's one of the best comments on anyone I've ever read. So many tend to think musicians are all a little crazy ;-)
I agree! Secure, mature, articulate, "real", joy-filled, thoughtful. The polar opposite of a "primadonna."
I loved how the kid's reaction changed from some laughing to really paying attention.
the most likable guy and wonderful human being .
Just discovered Anthony Roth Costanzo on a Met broadcast of Akhnaten, and he is utterly brilliant.
@EileenPollock if there's anything I dream of, it is having an opportunity to watch the trilogy of Glass' "Portrait-operas" live: "Einstein on the beach", "Satyagraha" and "Akhnaten"... I had the chance to see Mr. Glass playing with violinist Tim Fain here in Brazil in 2012 (and it was breathtaking!) but I won't rest until I watch his operas live
Me too just today
Also just discovered him through the Met Saturday broadcast of Philip Glass' "Akhnaten" (5/28/22). Never knew a "counter baritone" voice existed.
"To play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is unforgivable" Ludwig Van Beethoven.
One of my favorites!
So war er, der olle Beethoven.
Doesn't mean 'pErFeCTiOn iS bORiNg'.
@@HAYAOLEONE well perfection is quite boring, if one were to play perfect all the time there is no struggle. The struggle makes the battle, do you understand ?
@@print-helloworld-8977 lol I think _you_ would need to understand a few things before doing what you do, child..
_
🤡🤡🤡 'pErFeCTiON iS bORiNg HURR DURR' 🤡🤡🤡
6 years late to the party.
Found this excellent video after seeing Akhenaten at ENO last week becoming a big fan of ARC
This was one of the best interviews ever! Thank you Anthony!
What he achieved with those children is priceless.
What a wonderfully gifted inspiring soul, Anthony Roth Constanzo!
Wonderful human being and great interview. I saw the Met live performance and in HD broadcast of Akhnaten. Both were mesmerizing and he was magnificent. Mr. Costanzo had a great interview with Terry Gross in October 2019. Worth listening to. Please, please, somebody make a film version of Farinelli and the King and cast Mr. Costanzo.
Thanks for watching and sharing, Robert N!
Love how he just went right into it, letting the students make their own impressions. He is amazing!
A star has born. He is Awesome, those applauses are so genuine, awesome, I love it. Thanks for sharing your art with these children, they will remember this experience for ever.
Here is a good example of children not being exposed at home to musicians at a very young age and when they see someone like Anthony, It is a real wake up call. Music needs to be in the school system, You will see a new kind of a student when it happens! Anthony is perhaps one of the best, he is a good example of where others can install some creativity which comes from exposure. Take the T,V. out of the house, and put some music in your life.
Absolutely right. But I suspect that the school systems in the USA put just as little emphasis on music as in Germany. Is that correct?
Vollkommen richtig. Ich habe aber den Verdacht, dass die Schulsysteme in den USA genauso wenig Musik in den Vordergrund stellen wie in Deutschland. Ist das richtig?
A very wonderful interview on many many levels . The opening section was amazing with the young people in the school and the final spontaneous joy and laughter of Zsolt was delightful .... a perfect wrap to the interview which was a gift. Anthony, besides having a wonderful voice shared many deep insights - he is an inspiration. Thank you producers, well done.
ARC's comment on Bowie, Jackson etc having a link to castrati is obvious when it is pointed out. I would throw in Geoff Buckley and Thom Yorke as being singers who use the counter tenor voice so effectively. Very interesting interview.
First of all the song is beautiful and even more beautifully sung and secondly, the fact that he won over a 6th grade class in the Bronx! you got em! I heard Anthony on NPR and had to youtube it. What a gift. Thank you. I am a fan now and I will be following you on spotify, pandora and all other streaming services from now on 😊
Not just another pretty voice. (I’m in awe.)
He's delightful!!! So engaging. "I think there's so much disbelief to suspend in opera that is the least of our worries." LOL!!!! OMG and Zsolt's reaction. Priceless!!!
this is my favourite interview of yours!! i watch it literally every day
How wonderful that he's teaching! This will ripple from that room to a planet starving for more uniqueness, beauty and soul music. Great upload.
Wise words for musicians. I plan to show this to to the students in my studio. Thanks for sharing this.
Saw Ahknaten at a theatre yesterday. So glad to get a chance to be introduced to Anthony’s talent.
Thank you so much for this interview! As a professional musician and one who wears other hats, I totally resonated with this interview. It was very moving and I loved everything about it from A to Z. My first encounter with ARC was several years ago as an admin assistant for the George London Foundation Competition - he was one of the singers (and winners) and I remember how kind he was then. He hasn't changed. :) Also, the Beethoven was gorgeous in this. Bravo to all involved in this wonderful presentation.
Such Wisdom!! All young aspiring performers should watch this and pay heed,!!
What a brilliant musician!
He is fortunate to have such wonderful parents!
Amazing! I love this man, who sings like an angel.
This is a great interview of a very talented man.
Love it! I can't wait to see him play the role of Akhnaten with Met; encore on February 15.
Mr. Costanzo shares a couple dozen gems of wisdom applicable to singers & instrumentalists, alike. Host, Zsolt Bognár, facilitated the interview with grace and flexibility, allowing these practical and philosophical gems to appear -- one mighty gem is at 13:27 The producers made a brilliant choice to start this episode with Costanzo interacting with elementary school kids (▰˘◡˘▰)
I heard him sing in Poppea with Amanda Forsythe in Boston earlier this year. Their chemistry was electric! Both are excellent actors as well as singers. I’ve watched several clips of others singing Pur ti miro and none of them can hold a candle to the performance I saw. They appeared so wrapped up in each other that the audience might as well not have existed. It was extremely powerful.
Love love ❤️ love this guy ..
I think at first many of them didn't fully comprehend that the voice but after a while it sunk in and they were able to see the beauty of both the voice and the song. coming from a
Anthony Roth Costanzo's answer about being out of the closet in the opera world is *PERFECTION.* I love this man.
Listen !!!! I live!! I involuntarily exclaimed *PERIOD* at the end of his response. I was shook. It really connected with such potency it's unreal!!
No dumbing down. Loved the kids.
One of the most beautiful arias I’ve ever heard!! God’s gift to humanity!
Great interview! Thank you for sharing. Anthony Roth Costanzo is immensely likable. Looking forward to seeing the Metropolitan Opera's "Akhnaten" next week in the cinema. :-)
Great Interview.
I think this is one of the most unique interviews on here. Szolt and the entire crew seem to have had a great laugh as well.
Such a wonderful interview! Pure pleasure to listen to both!!
Un artiste accompli. Mais, surtout, ... quel magnifique être humain !
@@LivingtheClassicalLife Aujourd'hui, il fait -9C à Montréal. J'ai marché 3 kilomètres sur la rue Mont-Royal, d'un bon pas et en évitant tous les obstacles ... avec en boucle dans les écouteurs, l'album ARC (Anthony Roth Constanzo accompagné par Les Violons du Roy - Glass & Handel). Le BONHEUR !!!
Superb!
Thanks for watching, Edward Ruane!
I loved this interview! It was so wonderful and I am so happy! Thanks to both of you🌟
A wonderful interview with a dynamic, engaging artist. I just want to add that, as a fan of PDQ Bach, I learned about countertenor singing from the great John Ferrante, who was billed as "bargain countertenor."
beautiful. Thanks.
Heard him last night @La Jolla Music Society: AMAZING!!! Such a performance!!
I like him. I want to see him in Akhnaten.
Fascinated by this voice after hearing the Terry Gross interview… brilliant to see his presentation to urban middle schoolers… at the perfect time in their lives when their bodies and voices are changing so dramatically… they are surrounded often by such images, sounds and words of often ugly stereotypes… yet, they get it! Bravo kids! Hope you can be again reached often by the fluidity of form, sound and language of life.
Great interview. Good stuff.
wow....wow......wow.....
1:02 on is basically the song and dance of the teacher... you learn to ignore all the rude kids and just try to show the ones who listen something beautiful...
I have watched Akhnaten (metopera) three times. Perfection is not in the least boring.
"..out of standard range?" god I'm sick and tired of, let's admit it - straight people's dismissing of the countertenor voice!
What a glorious voice and musicality this man possesses, BRAVO!!
What a heterophobic bigot you are. Countertenors suck. Phoney baloney voice.
Bwah ha ha!! Now you know how it feels, prick!
Never heard a countertenor that didn't sound like a blowsy mezzo that should have retired several seasons back. BTW: I'm gay and a life-long opera buff.
@@hrh4961 I believe that the standards for countertenors are not as high as in the overall repertoire, as it is a "recently re-discovered" voice. However, I would suggest anyone to listen to Philippe Jaroussky if they haven't yet, for example th-cam.com/video/Gj7LZW0vp1c/w-d-xo.html. His melodic line, dynamic nuances and colors give such a stunning feeling to the aria!
I saw the Coronation of Poppea Saturday--beautifully sung Nero!
*Wonderful👍*
*Truly beautiful interview*
Lots of wisdom there..
I think he could easily pass for Maxim Vengerov's gay brother😄
14:02 - 17:45 & continue
very important point
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20:18 21:34 23:07
10/10
This interview didn't convince me at all of "perfection is deeply boring". Just the opposite: if you want to reach the hearts of the listeners, you not only need to strive for perfection - but beyond perfection. Perfection is not enough! :-)
that's a fair comment
It's the imperfections that inevitably arise on the path to perfection that make the journey beautiful. Perfection is ultimately subjective anyway, as is art.
Yes, you need to strive to do your absolute best technically, but then you have to let it go. Striving for technical perfection over the soul of the music is where it takes away the life.
@@robinorene What's often called "technical perfection" is just the ignorance of what's going on musically. You need to know all the little details in harmony, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, sound etc.. Some lucky people seem to have this knowledge just by intuition, others don't. That's why the "letting go" approach doesn't work for everyone. Most of us will have to consciously consider how to play each note, phrase, passage.
@@kpunkt.klaviermusik I agree - and I am a singer and pianist, however, as a singer especially, if I continue to focus on perfection while I’m performing, and never letting go into the passion of the music, I am my own stumbling block. But I agree with Eugene Peterson’s quote - years of discipline for an instant of freedom. This freedom is not easy to achieve, takes many years of discipline and is not continual,. I’m at the point while striving to work my hardest/smartest and be the most proficient I can in so much work leading up to a performance,, if I ultimately can’t let go and experience the music with my whole being, it is losing something. I agree with all the work, all you said of course. I’m saying it’s wonderful and totally life-giving when you can get to the point of trusting all that and giving your being to the music.
Akhnaten!
hi Anthony
The great enemy is not perfection, but mediocrity. But yes, the stereotypical mechanical perfection is a form of it.
Anyone who can answer a question about whether performers should "out" themselves, and if it would affect the roles they play with "there's so much disbelief to suspend in general in Opera...."
amen
TFW you hear Kevin Spacey invoked and pause to check the publish date...
Aria sounds like " Lascia Ch'io Pianga" Handel
I DON NOT MEAN IT IN A BAD WAY OR SOMETHING, HIS NOBLE AND PRECISE WAY OF SPEAKING REMINDS ME OF JOYCE DI DONATO
OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!! yaaaassssssss exactly
I disagree: perfection is never boring; quite the contrary: it is endlessly fascinating!
You need to listen fully to what he says. We sometimes far too quickly react to what we're hearing and unconsciously are thinking through an argument or point -- too busy to hear what was said. Re: "what he said" -- in full -- not just the phrase as it is titled, I totally agree.
Depth
He’s hot
Wonder, what Maria Callas or Oralia Dominguez, Mario del Monaco or Ettore Bastianini would have said to this..., since they went for perfection.
They strived for perfection, but imperfection is always inevitable. That's what makes one human, and opera is a delve into humanity.
This guy...😆
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Perfection? Did any great artist claim this?
It's interesting that a lot of counter tenors are gay.
I disagree. Embracing flaws is boring and commonplace.
But at one point, you have to let the focus on technical perfection go. You have to just sing, trusting that all the work you have put in will be there.