Only an octave apart4/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Bond immediately follows with the late Victorian parlor song "There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden," performed with an outsize British accent while throwing daisies at the lip of the stage. Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo perform "Stars" in Only an Octave Apart.Ī subdued, slightly sinister version of "Me and My Shadow" leads to a very queer segment in which Costanzo sings a number from Henry Purcell's The Fairy-Queen that he's fairly sure is about a one-night stand. They sustain this sassy broad/opera diva banter throughout 90 minutes that are as hilarious as they are musically impressive. "You're making me laugh, which creates phlegm," Costanzo charges. "The great thing about opera is that when you wake up, you're at the opera," Bond cracks. Bond is a gifted comedian, with the ability to make any line crackle with subtext. Naturally, Bond takes the Burnett part and Constanzo does Sills when they sing the number at the top of the show. The name of the concert is taken from a duet sung by Carol Burnett and Beverly Sills during their 1976 television special at the Metropolitan Opera. I'm confident there isn't a more delightfully eclectic evening of music to be had in New York City. Ann's Warehouse, Only an Octave Apart, feels like it was always meant to be. Justin Vivian Bond is the queen of downtown cabaret, regularly holding court at Joe's Pub and earning our fealty with heartfelt renditions of unexpected songs. His bewitching performance in the Metropolitan Opera production of Akhnaten still lingers in my memory. Creative teamĬo-created and directed by Zack Winokur, with music supervision by Thomas Bartlett, arrangements by Nico Muhly, musical direction by Daniel Schlosberg, and costume design by JW Anderson, Only an Octave Apart celebrates the historical and the hysterical, from countertenor to counterculture.It might seem like an odd pairing: Anthony Roth Costanzo is a star countertenor in an opera world where that highest male voice is increasingly in demand. He will appear at this year’s Proms on 3 September at the spectacular space of Printworks London. ![]() Grammy Award winner Anthony Roth Costanzo was named Musical America’s 2019 Vocalist of the Year and is the exquisite star of Philip Glass’ ‘Akhnaten’ which recently triumphed again at the Metropolitan Opera. Their memoir ‘Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels’ won the Lambda Literary Award for transgender non-fiction. As one-half the the legendary Kiki and Herb and as a solo artist, their illustrious 30-year cabaret career has included headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, and appearances in films (‘Shortbus’, ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’). Justin Vivian Bond has garnered an OBIE Award, a Bessie Award, a Tony Award nomination, and an Ethyl Eichelberger Award. More about Justin Vivian Bond & Anthony Roth Costanzo Whether invoking mythology or nature, romance or radical compassion, Bond and Costanzo carve new pathways between opera and politically subversive cabaret – two art forms that, as Bond puts it, “have been kept alive for generations by queens”- and allow old works to reveal surprising new stories. In ‘Only an Octave Apart’, Justin Vivian Bond & Anthony Roth Costanzo express their queer identities through unique interpretations of classical, pop, and hybrids of the two, making the gendered history of the music their plaything. ![]() ![]() Only An Octave Apart is Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s joyous and surprising musical fantasia, revelling in everything strange and beautiful in the coexistence of contrasts – from Purcell’s 17th century aria “Dido’s Lament” to Dido’s early 2000s hit “White Flag”, from “Autumn Leaves” to “The Waters of March”. Only An Octave Apart is booking from 28 September 2022 until 22 October 2022 at Wilton’s Music Hall, London. Hot on the heels of a sensational run in New York last year, Justin Vivian Bond ‘the greatest cabaret artist of their generation’ (The New Yorker) and Anthony Roth Costanzo ‘the vocally brilliant and dramatically fearless countertenor’ (The New York Times) bring their acclaimed show to London. Sorry, this show is not currently booking.Ĭelebrating the historical and the hysterical, from countertenor to counterculture. ![]()
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