Acting
Anthony Roth Costanzo's physical transformation into voice itself.
Direction
Puglia's lingering close-ups that refuse to look away.
Director
Gerardo Puglia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anthony Roth Costanzo is a real countertenor who later starred in the Met's Akhnaten—this short predates his fame by over a decade.
The last known castrato, Alessandro Moreschi, died in 1922; his 1902 recordings are the only sonic evidence of this extinct vocal tradition that Zefirino fictionalizes.
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