Stephen Costello Performs Ishmael in Moby-Dick

Season 41 Episode 6

Stephen Costello performs the role of Ishmael in "Moby-Dick."

Stephen Costello discusses his role as Ishmael, or "the Greenhorn" in the San Francisco Opera production of "Moby-Dick." Watch scenes of his duet with Jonathan Lemalu as Queequeg, and Costello's aria, "Human Madness."

AIR DATE 11/1/13

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Stephen Costello Performs Ishmael in Moby-Dick

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Talise Trevigne on Her Role as Pip

Moby-Dick Composer Jake Heggie

Jonathan Lemalu, Queequeg in Moby-Dick

Gene Scheer, Librettist of Moby-Dick

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