Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 in the Broadway touring production of Falsettos. He continued to work for several years in musical theater, touring with Marie Osmond in The Sound of Music and appearing on Broadway in the Paramount Theater production of A Christmas Carol.

Mr. Costanzo's involvement in opera and concert venues began in 1994 with his participation in the Lincoln Center production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. In 1994 he also played Amahl with the Opera Company of North Carolina. Mr. Costanzo went on to what The New York Times labeled a triumphant performance as Miles in the New Jersey Opera Festival production of The Turn of the Screw, and subsequently appeared with Luciano Pavarotti in the Academy of Music Opera Extravaganza. He has also been a featured soloist with the orchestras of Indianapolis, Alabama, Detroit, Denver, and Seattle, and performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra at both the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall in the premiere of John Corigliano's A Dylan Thomas Trilogy.

Mr. Costanzo sang the role of Cherubino in the Santa Barbara Opera Company's production of The Marriage of Figaro. He toured Italy as the Master of Ceremonies in Karole Armitage's Casanova, and sang the roles of Witch #1 and Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas with the Spoleto Festival USA. Mr. Costanzo was the featured soloist in the Oregon Symphony's Best of the Baroque concert. He was awarded an "Extraordinary Prize" at the Francisco Viñas International Voice Competition in Barcelona. Most recently, he co-wrote, produced and starred in a narrative pasticcio about the life of a fictional 18th Century Castrato entitled, The Double Life of Zefirino. The piece was directed by Karole Armitage, with costumes by James Ivory and sets by Andrea Branzi, and was performed in Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Mr. Costanzo made his film debut in the supporting role of Francis in the Merchant Ivory production of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries. He earned coast to coast acclaim for his performance in this role, as well as the nomination for Best Debut Performance for the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards. He will play Simon in French director Brice Cauvin's upcoming film De Particulier à Particulier.

Mr. Costanzo, 22 years old, graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University where he was awarded the Lewis Sudler Prize for extraordinary achievement in the arts.