Biography
“Only one lyric tenor on the scene today has the honeyed tone and ingratiating style to make comparisons to Pavarotti and Gigli seem serious, and it is Calleja, the man from Malta, who … is now maturing into an artist of the first rank.” – New Yorker Blessed with a golden-age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (Associated Press), Maltese-born Joseph Calleja has quickly become one of the most acclaimed and sought-after tenors today. His expansive discography and frequent appearances on the world’s leading opera and concert stages prompted NPR to hail him as “arguably today’s finest lyric tenor,” and led to his being voted Gramophone magazine’s 2012 Artist of the Year. A Grammy-nominated re
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1998 — Yesterday
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Tosca - giacomo puccini(selezione di arie e duetti) Callas 100 In memoria di katya tsukanova, Puccini
Lerici Music FestivalSoloist
View cast and crewIl Mondo dell'Opera Presentato da Hugh Canning, Various
Lerici Music FestivalTenor
View cast and crewLa Traviata (La traviata), Verdi
Bayerische StaatsoperAlfredo Germont (Alfred Germont)
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Tosca - giacomo puccini(selezione di arie e duetti) Callas 100 In memoria di katya tsukanova, Puccini
Lerici Music FestivalSoloist
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Il Mondo dell'Opera Presentato da Hugh Canning, Various
Lerici Music FestivalTenor
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Upcoming performances
34Tosca, Puccini
State Opera BerlinMario Cavaradossi
View cast and crewFri19:30
Berlin, GermanyOFIL. Director: Lucas Macías. Requiem de Verdi, Verdi
Festival de Teatro Lírico Español Teatro CampoamorTenor
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Biography
“Only one lyric tenor on the scene today has the honeyed tone and ingratiating style to make comparisons to Pavarotti and Gigli seem serious, and it is Calleja, the man from Malta, who … is now maturing into an artist of the first rank.” – New Yorker Blessed with a golden-age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (Associated Press), Maltese-born Joseph Calleja has quickly become one of the most acclaimed and sought-after tenors today. His expansive discography and frequent appearances on the world’s leading opera and concert stages prompted NPR to hail him as “arguably today’s finest lyric tenor,” and led to his being voted Gramophone magazine’s 2012 Artist of the Year. A Grammy-nominated re
