Biography

Costa Latsos started his vocal studies in Sydney, Australia under the tutelage of tenor Reginald Byers prior to moving to Italy in 2006.

Costa is a sort after tenor with a strong affiliation with Italian operatic repertoire. He lived in Bologna, Italy for ten years where he studied and honed his skills in many roles. He has a distinctive Italianate timbre and theatrical presence that makes him credible as a Romantic lead, a jealous lover or forlorn victim in Verismo and Bel Canto Operas.

Costa has been engaged by the Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau since 2020 where he has sung in La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, la Traviata, Macbeth, Der Rosenkavalier, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky), Das Land des Lächelns, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni and Die Fledermaus.

He moved to Berlin in 2016 and has been engaged in many projects in and around Europe including participating with the Education branch of the Berlin Philharmonie under the musical direction of Sir Simon Rattle; revisting Rodolfo in La Boheme with The Berlin Opera Group, Teatro Govi in Genova, Italy and The Black Cat Opera in Guildford, England; debuting Werther in Crema, Italy; performing the male solos in Carmina Burana in Bodensee, where he also sung Guglielmo in Viva La Mamma, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Don Jose in Carmen, Hoffmann in Les contes d’Hoffmann. In 2017 he sung for Landesbühnen Sachsen in Philemon und Baucis by Haydn and jumped in for the company as Alfredo in La Traviata. Later that year he was engaged by Oper Halle to sing Percy in Anna Bolena and Pirelli in Sweeny Todd. Continuing to build a reputation in Germany he debuted as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for Stadttheater Bremerhaven, and sung Cavaradossi in Tosca and Heurtal in Guercoeur for Theater Osnabrück.

Costa has sung and worked with Grace BumbryDavid L. JonesJanet WilliamsRichard BonyngeJohn NorrisLaura Bulian, Phil Pratt, Michael Smallwood and Dale Fundling. He has participated in many concerts around Australia, Germany, Greece, Italy and Russia and masterclasses with LTL Opera Studio at Teatro Giglio, Lucca; Giovanna Lomazzi (AsLiCo); Alberto Paloscia (Teatro Goldoni, Livorno), Enrico Stinchelli and Maestro Marco Zambelli.

Costa has also created and performed a one man comedy show based on the life of Mario Lanza in Sydney, Berlin, Syros, and with SilverSea Cruises called Mario Lasagna: Be My Love, which he plans to continue to tour around the world. In 2026 he has created a new work for the Near & Far Festival on the island of his ancestors, Kastellorizo called, “My Pappou’s Gramophone.”

In 2003 and 2004 he won the Tenor Award in The City of Sydney Eistoddford.

In Australia he made his operatic debut in Les Contes d’Hoffmann followed by La Boheme (directed by Christa Leahmann), Don Giovanni (dir. by Ghillian Sullivan) and continued to perform in The Merry Widow and the Greek opera, The Masterbuilder (dir. by Konstantin Koukias).

He completed a Bachelor of Arts at The University of New South Wales (Theatre, Film and Dance).

Costa is a dual citizen of Australia and Greece.