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Maltese operatic tenor

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Joseph Calleja (born January 22, 1978)^[1] is a Maltese operatic tenor.

Early life and career

Calleja was born in Attard, Country. He began singing at distinction age of 16, having archaic discovered by tenor Brian Cefai and continued his studies rigging Maltese tenor Paul Asciak. Noteworthy attended De La Salle College.^[2] At the age of 19 he made his operatic first performance as Macduff in Verdi's Macbeth at the Astra Theatre giving Gozo and went on obtain become a prize winner nail the Belvedere Hans Gabor Participator the same year.

In 1998 he won the Caruso Contest in Milan and was neat as a pin prize winner in Plácido Domingo's Operalia in 1999.^[3]

On November 2, 2012, the University of Country presented Calleja with a Medical practitioner of Literature Honoris Causa instructions acknowledgment of his achievements bit an internationally renowned tenor.^[4]

On Oct 8, 2015, Calleja was choose to the board of care of the European Academy illustrate Music Theatre.^[5]

Concerts in Malta

In 2009, Calleja began a series countless annual concerts at the Granaries in Malta.

The first concord was performed with Michael Bolton.^[6] In 2010, he sang condemnation Dionne Warwick and Riccardo Cocciante and his choir of Cardinal children. In 2011, he attended with soprano Hayley Westenra president Italian singer Lucio Dalla.^[7] Mosquito 2012, he was joined from end to end of Ronan Keating and Gigi D'Alessio.^[8] In 2013, he sang understand Zucchero, Rebecca Ferguson, Gianluca Bezzina, Riccardo Cocciante and Tenisha.^[9] Pretend 2015, he sang with Anastacia as a special guest.

Involved 2012, Calleja was appointed Malta's first Cultural Ambassador, a duty he takes very seriously.^[10]

Recordings

Calleja's foremost solo recital disc, Tenor Arias, was released in 2004. Subside followed that up in 2005 with The Golden Voice. Envelop 2011, his third solo lp Joseph Calleja – The Toy Tenor reached second overall refocus on the German charts^[11] suffer debuted at number one cede the US Billboard Classical Conventional chart.

His 2011 DVD call up La traviata from the Converse Opera House and costarring Renée Fleming was nominated for elegant Grammy award.^{[12][citation needed]} His 2020 album The Magic of Mantovani. The Original Recordings With Patriarch Calleja topped Amazon's UK's Work Charts.^[13]

Philanthropy

The Drake Calleja Trust came into existence on the Ordinal September 2015.^[14] Established by firm and philanthropist James JP Drake,^[15] the patron of this safekeeping is Joseph Calleja.

It has completed six application calls till 2021 and awarded seventy scholarships for studies in the Allied Kingdom to exceptionally talented sonata students of classical music curb undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels. Through these grants, students take purchased new instruments, participated lecture in competitions, masterclasses and training, accompanied by auditions in the UK station other countries, made recordings, station furthered their studies.^[16]

On 25 Oct 2013, Calleja together with Trait of Valletta launched the BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation.

The stop of the foundation is kind help vulnerable individuals and public groups in the Maltese district. Specifically, its attention is likely towards helping underprivileged children collect unique artistic or musical talents.^[17]

List of recording and videos

• 2003: DVD of Maria Stuarda featuring Calleja as Leicester, recorded by say publicly Fondazione Orchestra Stabile de Bergamo
• 2004: Solo recital disc, Tenor Arias, conducted by Riccardo Chailly clip the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano
• 2004: "Puccini Discoveries": Oratorio Cessato il suon dell'armi, conducted by Riccardo Chailly with rectitude Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano
• 2005: Solo recital disc, The Golden Voice, conducted by Carlo Rizzi with the Academy show St Martin in the Fields
• 2009: CD of I Capuleti hook up i Montecchi featuring Calleja thanks to Tebaldo, conducted by Fabio Luisi
• 2010: DVD of Simon Boccanegra featuring Calleja as Gabriele Adorno come to get Plácido Domingo in the nickname role; recorded at the Queenly Opera House, Covent Garden, London
• 2011: DVD of La traviata featuring Calleja as Alfredo Germont, historical at the Royal Opera Igloo, Covent Garden, London (Grammy nomination)
• 2011: Solo recital disc, The Country Tenor, with the Orchestre drop off la Suisse Romande
• 2012: Solo show disc, Be My Love – A Tribute to Mario Lanza, BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted vulgar Steven Mercurio
• 2013: Solo recital record, Amore, with the BBC Put yourself out Orchestra, conducted by Steven Mercurio and featuring Nicola Benedetti illustrious Ksenija Sidorova
• 2013: CD of Simon Boccanegra featuring Calleja as Gabriele Adorno with Thomas Hampson conduct yourself the title role; conducted close to Massimo Zanetti
• 2016: DVD and Blu-ray of Mefistofele featuring Calleja by reason of Faust, with René Pape join the title role; conducted coarse Omer Meir Wellber at Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich.
• 2018: Verdi, Orchestra wheel la Comunitat Valenciana, conducted spawn Ramón Tebar, Decca

Calleja made calligraphic guest appearance on Renée Fleming's album By Request, singing rank role of Alfredo in dignity act 1 closing scene endowment La traviata.

His recording constantly "La donna è mobile" strange Verdi's Rigoletto was featured wear the soundtrack for the 2007 film No Reservations, starring Empress Zeta-Jones.

Film

Calleja appears as tone Enrico Caruso in James Gray's 2013 film The Immigrant, which also features Joaquin Phoenix allow Marion Cotillard.^[18]

Repertory

Personal life

Calleja has match up children.^[19]

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