Italian-American tenor, Jordan Costa, is an alumnus of the Yale and Eastman Schools of Music and young artist programs, including Music Academy of the West (2019-2021), Glimmerglass (2022), Sarasota Opera (Their 2022/23 season), and Central City Opera (2023). At Eastman, he sang principal characters in productions of The Pirates of Penzance, in collaboration with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (2016), L’incoronazione di Poppea (2017), the world premiere of the newly re-orchestrated The Light in the Piazza (2018), and Don Giovanni (2019). In September of 2021, Jordan made his professional debut as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore with Opera in Williamsburg. Jordan reprised the role of Nemorino with Yale opera in May of 2022. After graduating, Jordan was a resident young artist with the Glimmerglass Festival. At Glimmerglass, he sang Remendado in Carmen. This past season, Jordan covered Paolino in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Armand in Massenet’s Thérèse as a studio artist with Sarasota Opera. Jordan also sang his first title role as a returning guest artist in Yale Opera’s production of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory. This summer Jordan joined Central City Opera and performed as Gremio in their 2023 production of Kiss Me Kate. This coming season Jordan will be covering and singing Conte Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia as a Virginia Opera Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist. He will then cover Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte as a Nashville Opera Mary Ragland Emerging Artist. Jordan studies with renowned teacher Gerald Martin Moore.
