Stephen Costello in his Salzburg Festival Debut as Cassio in a new production of Verdi's Otello, August 1, 2008. Here is the scene "Vieni, l'aula è deserta" with the Iago of Carlos Alvarez and the Otello of Aleksandrs Antonenko with the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Riccardo Muti. Also in the photos is the Desdemona, soprano Marina Poplavskaya.
In the live telecast of August 10, 2008 Carlos Alvarez as Iago convinces Stephen Costello as Cassio to drink a toast to the wedding of Otello and Desdesmona with tragic results. Aleksandrs Antonenko is Otello and Simone Del Savio is Montano.
Bass Ben Wager as Henry VIII sing the Act 1 duet with mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote in Donizetti's Anna Bolena on November 8, 2008 at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
25-year-old tenor Stephen Costello sings Des Grieux's aria "Ah, fuyez, douce image" from Act 3 of Manon by Massenet at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia on May 8, 2007