Constantine Costi
Constantine Costi is one of our most exciting emerging talents at Opera Australia, and has been honing his craft by working alongside many of our most experienced directors, assisting on large-scale productions and reviving celebrated stagings. In 2020, he was due to tackle his biggest project for us yet: directing Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Costi was about to move his production of La Traviata (based on Francesca Zambello\u2019s 2012 staging) from the rehearsal room to the harbour-side stage when COVID-19 restrictions forced the cancellation of the season.\n\xa0\nIn this conversation with Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini, Costi talks about growing up working in the family business, De Costi Seafood, and how he\u2019s still on call to work at peak times. He also talks about some of his early adventures in opera \u2014 including a production of Il Tabarro staged in a commercial kitchen in Enmore \u2014 and explains why directors are \u201cglorified stage mums\u201d.