American tenor Stephen Costello made his San Diego Opera debut last season as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2007 as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor and was invited to sing Edgardo that same season. He recently created the role of Greenhorn for the world premiere of Moby-Dick for The Dallas Opera and has sung Leicester in Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda) and the title role of Roberto Devereux there as well. Other appearances include Cassio in Otello with the Salzburg Festival, Edgardo at Fort Worth Opera, Camille in The Merry Widow, Christian in Cyrano and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and at Italy’s Spoleto Festival, Romeo with Baltimore Opera and The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto at Deutsche Opera Berlin. He made his professional debut as Rodolfo in La bohème with Fort Worth Opera and his European debut as Nemorino in The Elixir of Love with Opéra National de Bordeaux. He was awarded a 2007 Career Grant for the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, as well as a 2006 Sara Tucker Study Grant. He won first prize in the 2006 George London Foundation for Singers Competition as well as First Prize and Audience Prize in the Giargiari Competition as well as First Prize in the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition.