Anthony Roth Costanzo in performance

By Brooke Knoll,

Sam Wisman

Published January 19, 2022 at 4:09 PM CST

We take you inside Kansas City's historic Folly Theater for a recent Harriman-Jewell Series performance by renowned countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. We'll hear works by Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten, Hector Berlioz and George Gershwin. Plus, we'll hear Costanzo perform both parts to a famous Mozart duet.

Performers

Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
Bryan Wagorn, piano

Program

"One Charming Night" from The Fairy Queen Z. 629
by Henry Purcell

"The Foggy, Foggy Dew"
Trad. arr. by Bejanmin Britten

Fearsome This Night from Wolf-in-Skins
by Gregory Spears

Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7
by Hector Berlioz

The Man I Love
I Got Rhythm
by George Gershwin

"Crudel! Perche finora" from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Our thanks to the staff of the Harriman-Jewell Series for their assistance.

Learn more at hjseries.org.

An in depth interview with Anthony Roth Costanzo on Classical KC can be heard here, and you learn more about him at anthonyrothcostanzo.com.