It’s not the first time Mr. Costanzo has had to hustle to mount a production. In his senior year at Princeton University, he wrote a show about a fictional castrato, unlocking $35,000 from college funds. Even after a win at the prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2009, he understood he needed to generate opportunities for himself. Do you go around singing Bach in churches and do all the Baroque operas you can in Europe? He estimates he spent eight hours a day on fund-raising for eight months.

Source: New York Times September 21, 2018 17:03 UTC