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About this Performance

Curated by: Anthony Roth Costanzo

After starring turns on Little Island as Maria Callas and every role in The Marriage of Figaro, Anthony Roth Costanzo returns for a week of concerts maximalizing Minimalist music alongside renowned mezzo soprano Rachael Wilson, Sandbox Percussion, Met Opera pianist Bryan Wagorn, the esteemed PUBLIQuartet, and all-star pianist Vicky Chow.

Run time: 75 minutes

August 5 Performers: Anthony Roth Costanzo (Countertenor), Sandbox Percussion (Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney), Bryan Wagorn (Piano)

August 6 Performers: Anthony Roth Costanzo (Countertenor), Sandbox Percussion (Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney), Bryan Wagorn (Piano)

August 7 Performers: Anthony Roth Costanzo (Countertenor), PUBLIQuartet (Curtis Stewart, Violin; Jannina Northrup, Violin; Nick Revel, Viola; Hamilton Berry, Cello), Vicky Chow (Piano), Bryan Wagorn (Piano)

August 8: Performers: Anthony Roth Costanzo (Countertenor), Rachael Wilson (Mezzo Soprano), Vicky Chow (Piano), Bryan Wagorn (Piano)

August 9: Performers: Anthony Roth Costanzo (Countertenor), Rachael Wilson (Mezzo Soprano), Vicky Chow (Piano), Bryan Wagorn (Piano)

The Cast

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Countertenor

Rachael Wilson

Mezzo Soprano

Sandbox Percussion

Performer

Bryan Wagorn

Piano

PUBLIQuartet

Performer

Vicky Chow

Piano

Creative Credits

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Curator

GRAMMY-winning Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway. He is the General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia, and the Artistic Director of SongStudio at Carnegie Hall. He has appeared with many of the world’s leading opera companies and orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Real, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, and NDR at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, among others. He has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Versailles, Madison Square Garden, The Hollywood Bowl, Kabuki-Za Tokyo, The Guggenheim, The Park Avenue Armory, and Little Island. As a producer, he has created projects for The Paris Opera, The New York Philharmonic, The BBC Proms, WQXR, and St. Ann’s Warehouse among others. Costanzo 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. A winner of the Met Opera Competition and Operalia, Costanzo also has an Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan School of Music, a History Makers Award from the New York Historical, has been a visiting fellow Oxford University, and a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard. He has been in a Merchant Ivory film and has a forthcoming book for Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Christopher Gilmore

Lighting Designer

Christopher Gilmore he/him Lighting Designer: Resident Lighting Designer of Fort Greene Orchestra (2024-current), Broken Theater (American Modern Opera Company, Aarhus, DK), “Sanctuary” 2026 Tour (ongoing) and “American Railroad” 2025 Tour (Silkroad Ensemble), Luke Hickey’s A Swing Suite (New Victory Dance Festival 2025, current tours with Dorrance Dance), Book of Sounds and Zarabanda Variations (AMOC*’s Lincoln Center Festival 2025), “El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered” (AMOC*: 2023 Tour, St. John The Divine 2023-24), Boston Ballet School: Next Generation 2023 (Boston Ballet), Ensemble Connect Up Close: Through Movement (Carnegie Hall), CAGE (AMOC*). Associate: The Black Clown (Opera Philadelphia and currently touring), “An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma” 2026 Tour (Sound Postings), The Seasons (Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Philadelphia), A a | a B: B E N D (Pomegranate Arts: Northrop Auditorium UMN, TO Live), Taylor Mac’s Bark of Millions (Pomegranate Arts: BAM, CalPerformances), Only an Octave Apart (Spoleto Festival USA, Gate Theatre Dublin), La Boheme (BLO, OP), Harawi (AMOC* US and Europe Tour), Broken Theater (AMOC*: CPA, OZ Arts Nashville, La MaMa), Trevor: A New Musical (Stage42). Proud graduate of Emerson College.

Jody Elff

Sound Designer

JODY ELFF is a Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, sound artist and designer whose diverse audio experience includes work with artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Nine Inch Nails. Jody’s musical journey spans rock, classical, contemporary, opera, jazz, fine art and broadcast. His recording work includes the Yo-Yo Ma/Silk Road Ensemble albums Sing Me Home and American Railroad, Chris Thile’s Laysongs, Anna Clyne’s Shorthand, and an upcoming album with Anthony Roth Costanzo. His has provided sound design for LA Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Detroit Opera and others, as well as design projects for Time Warner and Goldman Sachs.

Jody has created numerous fine-art installation projects presented at museums and galleries internationally. “Strata”- a 6-story dynamic audio sculpture – is permanently installed in a parking facility in Lyon, France. Jody is the inventor 3 patented audio technologies for real-time mixing of music events over distance and VR spatial experience, and is the co-creator of The Augmented Orchestra with Anna Clyne.

Erin McCoy

Venue Coordinator

Erin McCoy is a Production Stage Manager and Show Caller returning to Little Island for her fourth season. She has had the joy of calling a wide variety of productions, live events, and corporate experiences throughout New York City at venues including Little Island, The Plaza, Rainbow Room, PAC NYC, as well as venues nationally including Globe Life Field and Charles Krug Vineyard. She has had the privilege of show calling events for clients such as Sephora, Southwest Airlines, and Storm King Art Center. Recent productions include La Fille du Régiment for Festival Napa Valley at Charles Krug Winery and Radiolab Live at Little Island.

After The Show

After ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO: MINIMALISM, stay for a nightcap. Cocktails, local wines, beer, non-alcoholic drinks, and snacks are available in The Play Ground, Little Island’s open-air plaza, and can be enjoyed throughout the park every night until 12AM.

 

On August 7, Brooklyn’s favorite nightlife stars PAPI JUICE take over The Play Ground until 1 AM with a free party featuring performer Anysia Kym, and DJs Oscar Nñ and Zainab.