Podcast appearances and mentions of joseph calleja

Bei den Bayreuther Festspielen muss Joseph Calleja die Titelpartie der diesjährigen Festspielpremiere "Parsifal" krankheitsbedingt absagen. Andreas Schager springt für ihn ein. BR-KLASSIK hat mit dem Tenor live in der Sendung gesprochen.

Retrouvez Jacques Lemaître avec cette nouvelle sélection musicale. Au programme varié de cette semaine: Joseph Calleja, André Rieu et Guy Béart. Commentaires, contacts: canalm@vuesetvoix.com Par téléphone: 514-282-1999 poste 220 Animateur: Jacques Lemaître Mise en ondes: Nicolas Svartman The post Les enfants sont dans la lune first appeared on Canal M, la voix de l'inclusion. Cet article Les enfants sont dans la lune est apparu en premier sur Canal M, la voix de l'inclusion.

World-renowned tenor Joseph Calleja releases ‘Ave Maria' – his first-ever sacred album. Released on Decca Classics, just in time for Easter, this album marks the 20th anniversary of the Maltese tenor's exclusive signing to Decca and the making of his debut recording in 2003.Track Listing:1 Mascagni: Ave Maria (After Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana)2 Verdi: Messa da Requiem: Ingemisco3 Massenet: Ave Maria (After Méditation from Thaïs)4 Bizet: Agnus Dei (After Intermezzo from L'Arlésienne, Op. 23, WD 28)5 Bocelli: Ave Maria (Arr. Mercurio for Tenor, Violin and Orchestra)6 Anonymous: Pietà, Signore (Arr. Hazell for Tenor and Orchestra)7 Rossini: Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem8 Rossini: Petite messe solennelle, Gloria: Domine Deus9 Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act I: Au fond du temple saint10 Wagner: Rienzi, WWV 49, Act V: Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab11 Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: No. 1, Der Engel (Orch. Mottl)12 Silent Night (Arr. Bateman for Tenor and Orchestra)13 Adam: O Holy Night (Arr. Gamley and Hazell for Tenor and Orchestra)14 Liguori: Tu scendi dalle stelle (Arr. Belli for Tenor and Orchestra15 Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839 (Arr. Gamley and Hazell for Tenor and Orchestra)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.comThis album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Mister Kindness Podcast 56.  Joining us from the Mediterranean island of Malta is world famous opera singer Joseph Calleja. He's performed in the best musical venues in the world, hung out with royalty and presidents - now he's getting the Mister Kindness treatment. We discuss his love of Scotland, opera and our favourite subject, ancient civilisations. He even serenades me with a little Chris Isaak number. Lovely guy with great chat. Enjoy... All the info about Joseph on his website https://josephcalleja.com/, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maltesetenor/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaltesetenorFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/misterkindness_podSubscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8snrvTqs8_AjgIq_sIsMgMis ter Kindness on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/njohn.kindness.9on#opera #tenor #operasinger #sydneyoperahouse #themet #josephcalleja #malta #andreabocelli #grahamhancock #ancientapocalypse #ancientcivilizations #lastnightoftheproms #maltesetenor #nessundorma #misterkindnesspodcastLow No Drinker Magazine PodcastMeeting the people & brands leading the low-&-no-alcohol revolution!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Joseph Calleja, the Maltese born singer described as the young Pavarotti, will thrill audiences around Australia, in his eagerly anticipated debut Australian tour. Joseph will be joined by two of Australia's best-loved artists, soprano Amelia Farrugia, who is also of Maltese heritage, and internationally acclaimed pianist Piers Lane. He arrived in Australia this morning and speaks with Joe Axiaq about his Australian tour. - It-tenur Malti Jospeh Calleja għadu kemm wasal l-Awstralja għal serje ta' kunċerti fl-ibliet ewlenin madwar l-Awstralja. Huwa jitkellem ma' Joe Axiaq dwar din iż-żjara tiegħu fl-Awstralja u l-ħerqa li jiltaqa' mal-Maltin waqt il-kunċerti tiegħu.

Joseph Calleja is one of the most exciting lyric tenors in the world today. Blessed with a golden-age voice which routinely inspires comparisons to legendary singers from earlier eras, Calleja is now a superstar in all the greatest opera houses and concert halls. - It-tenur Malti Joseph Calleja dalwaqt ikun l-Awstralja fejn se jidher f'kunċerti fl-ibliet ewlenin fl-Awstralja u New Zealand. Joseph Calleja li huwa mogħni b'vuċi tad-deheb illum huwa wieħed mill-aqwa tenuri tad-dinja, jidher fl-aqwa swali tal-opri u l-kunċerti ammirat minn eluf ta' segwaċi tal-opra lirika.

LICENSED TO TASTE is the learning segment of The Wine Hour. Tanisha Townsend meets the challenge to give a primer on Maltese wines and share your views of Black History Month in the Wine Minute. Note: For your convenience, we are publishing the 3 different segments of the show on their own. The full episode of The Wine Hour is still available for your listening pleasure. SPECIAL GUEST BIO “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 recording artist for Decca Classics, he has released five solo albums for the label. Born in Malta in 1978, Joseph Calleja began singing at the age of 16, first in his church choir and then in formal training with Maltese tenor Paul Asciak. One of his native land's biggest celebrities, Calleja was selected to serve as Malta's first cultural ambassador in 2012, and he was named a brand ambassador for Air Malta. Calleja recently teamed up with Malta's Bank of Valletta to form the BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation, which will serve to help children and families in need. Calleja is the recipient of the 2014 International Opera Awards' Readers' Award. With a passion for Gastronomy, Joseph Calleja is also a wine lover and collector. There is an accompanying playlist with the show (selected by the guest). It can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3L9l2eoZnxvhuJdvlI2Cp0?si=7960bf7ad68f41ab Thank you for listening! Don't forget to subscribe to/follow our podcast. You can also follow us on our different platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atablefortwo.live/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atablefortwo.live/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atablefortwo/ Telegram Community: https://t.me/+8II0wkI7VEVlYTJk

UNCORKED is the debate segment of The Wine Hour. Jaime Araujo, Akos Forzcek and Ray Isle talk about fake and counterfeit wines, the impact on the industry and collectors. Note: For your convenience, we are publishing the 3 different segments of the show on their own. The full episode of The Wine Hour is still available for your listening pleasure. SPECIAL GUEST BIO “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 recording artist for Decca Classics, he has released five solo albums for the label. Born in Malta in 1978, Joseph Calleja began singing at the age of 16, first in his church choir and then in formal training with Maltese tenor Paul Asciak. One of his native land's biggest celebrities, Calleja was selected to serve as Malta's first cultural ambassador in 2012, and he was named a brand ambassador for Air Malta. Calleja recently teamed up with Malta's Bank of Valletta to form the BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation, which will serve to help children and families in need. Calleja is the recipient of the 2014 International Opera Awards' Readers' Award. With a passion for Gastronomy, Joseph Calleja is also a wine lover and collector. There is an accompanying playlist with the show (selected by the guest). It can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3L9l2eoZnxvhuJdvlI2Cp0?si=7960bf7ad68f41ab Thank you for listening! Don't forget to subscribe to/follow our podcast. You can also follow us on our different platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atablefortwo.live/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atablefortwo.live/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atablefortwo/ Telegram Community: https://t.me/+8II0wkI7VEVlYTJk

HAVE A DRINK WITH ME is the interview segment of The Wine Hour. Antoine Abou-Samra has a conversation with Joseph Calleja about his journey, his love of Malta, Opera and Wine. What a fascinating conversation

Join the Wine Dream Team, Jaime Araujo, Tanisha Townsend, Akos Forzcek, and Ray Isle, along with the Host, Antoine Abou-Samra for The Wine Hour #18. We have the pleasure to welcome Joseph Calleja, The Maltese Tenor, Malta. SPECIAL GUEST BIO “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 recording artist for Decca Classics, he has released five solo albums for the label. Born in Malta in 1978, Joseph Calleja began singing at the age of 16, first in his church choir and then in formal training with Maltese tenor Paul Asciak. One of his native land's biggest celebrities, Calleja was selected to serve as Malta's first cultural ambassador in 2012, and he was named a brand ambassador for Air Malta. Calleja recently teamed up with Malta's Bank of Valletta to form the BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation, which will serve to help children and families in need. Calleja is the recipient of the 2014 International Opera Awards' Readers' Award. With a passion for Gastronomy, Joseph Calleja is also a wine lover and collector. PROGRAM Uncorked [6:56]: Jaime Araujo, Akos Forzcek and Ray Isle talk about fake and counterfeit wines, the impact on the industry and collectors. Licensed To Taste [32:01]: Tanisha Townsend meets the challenge to give a primer on Maltese wine sand share your views of Black History Month in the Wine Minute. Have A Drink With Me [44:47]: Antoine Abou-Samra has a conversation with Joseph Calleja about his journey, his love of Malta, Opera and Wine. What a fascinating conversation

It's not easy to talk about death. We associate dying with so much suffering and loss. But for many people, the end of life is full of peaceful remembrance of the moments and relationships that have meant the most. For the leading man in Puccini's Tosca, that's the sweetness and beauty of his beloved.  Caught up in the messy politics of his time, Mario Cavaradossi has been arrested, interrogated, and tortured. And then, he's sentenced to death. “E lucevan le stelle” finds Cavaradossi in his prison cell one hour before his execution. He knows his life is over, and what does he do? He gets lost in a daydream about a passionate night spent with Tosca. Host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests explore the memories and dreams that give us meaning at the end of our lives. Joseph Calleja, A.K.A. The Maltese Tenor, sees a lot of himself in Cavaradossi - they're both men of intensity and passion. He says that if the spectrum of human emotion were a harp, Puccini knew exactly the right string to pluck at just the right moment to convey the emotion the character is feeling. Carolyn Abbate teaches music at Harvard University and writes about opera, including the book A History of Opera. One of the memories that she holds most dear is of an afternoon spent in a meadow with her son when he was young. Dr. Christopher Kerr is the CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Buffalo Hospice and Palliative Care. Chris recently wrote a book called Death is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at LIfe's End, about the dreams and visions that many people experience at the end of their lives. This work was later turned into a film, which became the basis of a Netflix production and a PBS World documentary.  

April 1, 2021

Andrew McKinnon Presentations has made the decision to postpone the 2020 tour of Joseph Calleja to September 2021. - Iż-żjara fl-Awstralja tat-tenur Malti Joseph Calleja issa se ssir f'Settembru 2021.

Join us as we go to Malta to talk with the incredibly talented and wonderfully funny tenor, Joseph Calleja, about life, performing in the new norms, cooking, wine and and all of it with humor and hope. https://josephcalleja.com/

In this edition of the Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford meets Joseph Calleja to talk about a really fascinating and very personal project - a celebration of the music of the conductor Mantovani, Britain's most successful album artist before the Beatles and the first to ever sell a million stereo records worldwide. On his new album for Decca, the tenor sings to Mantovani's historic and much-loved recordings - he explains how this project came about, and how they made it work.

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Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces several different types of tenor, from the agile-voiced, graceful and elegant tenori di grazia, to the heroic and powerful tenori di forza, and all points in between. Includes musical examples featuring many favorite Seattle Opera tenors: Antonello Palombi, Edgardo Rocha, Laurence Brownlee, William Burden, Matthew Polenzani, Ben Heppner, James McCracken, Stefan Vinke, Francesco Demuro, Joseph Calleja, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Kazaras, Marcello Giordani, Neil Shicoff, Russell Thomas, Franco Corelli, and Vinson Cole.

Im Monat Mai nimmt unser Kommissar Clemens Nicol den Tenor Joseph Calleja in die Mangel. Die Vorwürfe: Zweifelhafter Diplomat, Möchtegern-Gutmensch und Schreikind. Werden sie sich erhärten oder kommt Calleja doch frei?

Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces several different types of tenor, from the agile-voiced, graceful and elegant tenori di grazia, to the heroic and powerful tenori di forza, and all points in between. Includes musical examples featuring many favorite Seattle Opera tenors: Antonello Palombi, Edgardo Rocha, Laurence Brownlee, William Burden, Matthew Polenzani, Ben Heppner, James McCracken, Stefan Vinke, Francesco Demuro, Joseph Calleja, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Kazaras, Marcello Giordani, Neil Shicoff, Russell Thomas, Franco Corelli, and Vinson Cole.

Am 12. Januar 2019 singt der maltesische Tenor Joseph Calleja letztmalig den Pollione in Bellinis "Norma" am Münchner Nationaltheater. Mit Michael Atzinger sprach er über die Spezifika einer mediterranen Stimme wie der seinen - und über den bayerischen Winter.

In den nächsten Monaten ist der Tenor Joseph Calleja mehrere Male an der Bayerischen Staatsoper zu Gast - in Werken von Verdi, Boito und Puccini. Im Interview spricht er über die Rolle des Macduff, die Entwicklung seines Repertoires - und warum er Puccini im Grunde für einen Filmemacher hält.

Katie Derham presents highlights from BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, including Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja who sang for us on his 40th birthday, mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy on the golden ratio in music, conductor François-Xavier Roth chatting about the sound of gut strings and a small taste of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason…

Joseph Calleja wants people to  call him "Joe." That is the kind of guy he is. When he met me, he said I was more famous than he is.   TRUE?????????????????

Opening Night at the Met is less than a week away, and the excitement is palpable! Bellini's NORMA opens 2017-18 season, with a new production by Sir David McVicar, and an all-star cast featuring Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, and Joseph Calleja, under the baton of Carlo Rizzi. Today on The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast - Your Guide to Opening Night at the Met!

  I was waiting once at the Met stage   door after a Macbeth. Out comes this big guy who looked at me and asked, "Are you Charlie Handelman?" I said "Yes." He gave me a big hug and  said,"You are more famous than me!"  What a fun guy!!!!!!!!!!  Joe and I have discussed a kind of "old-fashioned vibrato," which to  me is  "affectionate."

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Joseph Calleja met me for the first time once. Said,"Are you Charlie??You are more famous than I am"......big hug...I always remind him of this.

Cerys Matthews, Damon Hill, Meik Wiking and Benny Lewis join Aasmah and Richard for Saturday Live. He became Formula One World Champion in 1996, following in the footsteps of his father, the legendary F1 champion Graham Hill who tragically died in a plane crash when Damon was 15 years old. Now a SKYF1 racing commentator, Damon will be telling us how he ended up behind the wheel himself. Cerys Mathew came to our attention singing about Road Rage and Mulder and Scully with her band Catatonia, she's sung with legends like Tom Jones, the Pet Shop Boys and the Manic Street Preachers, now she presents a show on BBC 6Music and has started her very own Festival. Benny Lewis spoke only English until the age of 21, now he speaks 11 languages and runs the largest language learning blog in the world. He joins us to tell his story. Denmark is often ranks the happiest country in the world. Could their passion for hygge be behind it? We talk to happiness and hygge expert, Meik Wiking. We have your thank you's and the inheritance tracks of opera star Joseph Calleja who chooses I'll never love you performed by Mario Lanza and his own version of A Vuchella. Watching the Wheels by Damon Hill is out now The Little book of Hygge by Meik Wiking is out 14th September Benny Lewis' Language Hacking series includes French, Spanish, Italian and German Cerys' festival The Good Life experience takes place 16-18 September 2016 in Flintshire Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Hon tar publik och orkestrar med storm, dirigenten Maria Eklund, den Rysslandsfödda Stockholmsbon som har världen som arena. En kvinna som frossar i klangen och använder både pinnen och händerna. Maria Eklund föddes i Ryssland men har bott i Sverige i 22 år, i större delen av sitt liv. Hon utbildade sig i Moskva, både vid Tjajkovskij-konservatoriet och Gnesins musikakademi. - Klangen är viktigast i en orkester, säger Maria Eklund som regelbundet arbetar med flera av de ledande symfoniorkestrarna och operahusen, Arena di Verona, som är världens största utomhusarena, Bolsjojteatern, vilken är Rysslands nationalscen för balett och opera, Berlin Sinfonietta, Norrlandsoperans symfoniorkester, Nationaloperan i Kina, och Ryska Nationalorkestern.Under åren 2005-2008 var Maria Eklund första gästdirigent vid Ryska symfoniorkestern.Hennes mentor vid Moskvakonservatoriet var dirigenten Gennadij Rozjdestvenskij som ledde Kungliga Filharmonikerna under 2 perioder (1974-1977, 1992-95). Hon var Rozjdestvenskijs assistent i Helsingfors, London, Stockholm och Moskva. Maria Eklund känner speciellt för de stora ryska tonsättarnas verk. - De melodier som tonsättarna använder har ofta en folklig förankring eller förankring i språket. Jag känner väl de intonationer som finns i musiken.Hösten 2015 har Maria Eklund ett av sina få jobb i Sverige, nämligen på Folkoperan i Stockholm, där hon tillsammans med dirigenten Marit Strindlund turas om att dirigera Verdis opera La Traviata. I dokumentären hör vi Maria Eklund dirigera Göteborgs Symfoniker i Leonard Bernsteins Candide, Arena di Veronas kör och orkester i Verdis opera Nebukadnessar och Mascagnis opera Iris.Maria Eklund är ordförande i föreningen KUPP - Kvinnor upp på pulten, som 2012 bildades för att stötta och aktivt synliggöra svenska kvinnliga dirigenter. KUPP anordnade tillsammans med Kultur i Väst i Göteborg en dirigentkurs för unga kvinnor mellan 15 och 25 år.I programmet medverkar även musikstuderande Zaida Ponthin som deltog i denna dirigentkurs. - Det är viktigt med kvinnliga förebilden på dirigentpulten. Det ger mig en stor skjuts att andra, som är som jag, dirigerar en stor orkester! Det förklarar Zaida Ponthin i programmet.En P2 Dokumentär av Birgitta Tollan Medverkande: Maria Eklund, dirigentJurij Gourman, journalist på Radio Swedens ryska redaktionZaida Ponthin, musikstuderande, dirigentelevBirgitta Tollan, manus, regi och produktion.Låtlista: 14:00 Göteborgs Symfoniorkester Maria Eklund - Candide 14:03 Folkoperan Maria Eklund - Ouverture La Traviata 14:06 Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Patrick Summers, Orchestra Of Saint Luke's (New York) - La Traviata: Akt 1, "E Strano...Ah Fors'E Lui...Follie...Sempre Libera" 14:10 Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Patrick Summers, Orchestra Of Saint Luke's (New York) - La Traviata: Akt 1, "E Strano...Ah Fors'E Lui...Follie...Sempre Libera" 14:16 Maria Eklund Berlin Sinfonietta - Serenade For String Orchestra Es-Major Op.6 Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Grazioso 14:21 Berlin Sinfonietta Maria Eklund - Rigaudon From Holbergs Time Suite In Old Style 14:24 Diana Damrau, Gianandrea Noseda, Teatro Regio (Turin): Orkester - I Puritani 14:35 Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra - I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata: (18) 14:41 Arena Di Veronas Orkester Och Kör Maria Eklund - Va Penciero Ur Nebukadnessar 14:43 Arena Di Veronas Orkester Och Kör Maria Eklund - Preludio E Inno Del Sole Ur Operan Iris 14:48 Berlin Sinfonietta Live Maria Eklund - Russian Photographs Ur Stalin Cocktail 14:53 Moskvas Filharmoniska Orkester Maria Eklund - Ouvertyrfantasi Ur Romeo Och Julia 14:56 Moskvas Filharmoniska Orkester Maria Eklund - Ouvertyrfantasi Ur Romeo Och Julia

Superstar Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja talks to Sean Rafferty about singing Verdi at the Royal Opera House.

The superb tenor, Joseph Calleja, sings two selections from his newest album, "Amore." I know you will enjoy the selections which are "You raise me up" and "Musica Proibita."

I have met many singers, and they are usually sweethearts...but dear Joe is so special to all who know him on and off stage. May I wish him a wonderful birthday and may he continue to thrill audiences all over the globe.    The three arias are from the new album, "The Maltese Tenor."

 Joseph Calleja and Tatiana Lisnic sing a concert in Regensburg, 2004 under conductor Alex Kober               (65 min.)

Mark Lawson talks to three tenors and a counter-tenor: Joseph Calleja (pictured), Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore and Iestyn Davies reflect on repertoire, singing teachers and the perils of phlegm. Producer Georgia Mann.

REM discuss their feelings about the end of the band, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja on how wine played a part in his early singing career and the verdict on Michael Sheen on stage as Hamlet. Plus Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, discusses his third novel, published after a gap of 9 years, Musician Nile Rodgers recalls how being turned away from a club inspired a number one hit, and Lou Reed gives his no-holds-barred assessment of the BBC.

With Mark Lawson. As queues form for the largest-ever show of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings at the National Gallery, artist Tom Phillips reviews and considers whether the exhibition justifies the hype. At just 33, Maltese singer Joseph Calleja is tipped as one of the most promising tenors of the 21st century. He talks about his new album and his singing ambitions. Linguistics specialist David Crystal has selected 100 words which he feels best illustrate the huge variety of sources and events which have shaped the English language. He elaborates on some of his choices, showing how, for example, hello is a relatively new invention - whereas unfriend is nothing like as modern as we think. Producer Lisa Davis.

New College Oxford, Kirill Gerstein and Joseph Calleja: the Gramophone Podcast - July issue, 2011

Dear Joseph Calleja, who has been brilliant recently in the Met Lucia,in some arias from his albums.Included are:  Paris Entrance from Le Belle Helene, Butterfly Addio, Maristella's "Io conosco un giardino," Pourquoi me reveiller, O mio rimorso, and the Finale of Lucia.   (21 glorious minutes)  

  As long as this weekend marks the birthdays of 2 1/2 artists, we should celebrate number 33 of the beloved Joseph Calleja (Jan.22), who will be singing in the matinee Met Rigoletto on his special day. If you go to facebook, you will behold a man who has endeared himself to so many of us off as well as on the stage. I have met many artists in my life, and they are as nice as can be, but Joe is something extraordinary!   May I wish this magnificent tenor all my love for a happy birthday and many,many more.                                Love   Charlie

Selections from the cd's of 13 of our wonderful present-day tenors. We are so lucky to have them performing in the world of opera. In order, they are:            Ben Heppner, Johan Botha, Roberto Alagna, Marcelo Alvarez, Rolando Villazon, Salvatore Licitra, Ramon Vargas, Vittorio Grigolo, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flores, Joseph Calleja, Marcelo Giordani, and Piotr Beczala.   (60 min.)

 A compilation of 9 tenors singing the finale of act two of Romeo et Juliette, ending with a high C. The tenors (in correct order) are: Augustinello Afre, Georges Nore, Raoul Jobin, Franco Corelli, Stephen Costello, Alfredo Kraus, Ramon Vargas, Joseph Calleja, and Jussi Bjoerling. (37 min.)

The happiest of birthdays (Jan.22) to the superb tenor (and lovable guy) Joseph Calleja. Mr.Calleja, who hails from Malta, is fast becoming one of opera's most renowned artists and here are some examples of his great voice:  The arias are from:  Mme.Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur, Don Sebastiano, La Belle Helene, Romeo et Juliette, I Lombardi, and La Traviata.    I also must mention that yesterday we celebrated (well, I did, anyway) the birthdays of two other great stars, Placido Domingo and Carlo Handelmaniac(Or is it EGOmaniac?) Now do not shoot me for the following:     "Were I the impresario of an opera house years ago, and heard boy soprano Calleja, I would cast him in "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" so we could therefore call him the "Maltese Falcon."                          With all my best to a great guy!     Charlie

Welcome to TENOR HEAVEN!!!!!     There are so many superb tenors in the opera world today,I thought you would like a sample of their art.They include: Lawrence Brownlee, Eric Cutler, Jan Botha, Salvatore Licitra, Ben Heppner, Marcelo Alvarez, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Alagna, Juan Diego Flores, Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando Villazon, David Daniels (countertenor), Marcelo Giordani, Joseph Calleja, Piotr Beczala (in photo).        (70 min.)

A comparison of 21 tenors singing the great Werther aria. The order is as follows:Emile Marcellin, Giuseppe Lugo, Andre D'Arkor, Gaston Micheletti, Jose Luccioni, Fernand Ansseau, Alfred Piccaver, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Carlo Bergonzi, Alain Vanzo, Fernando de la Mora, Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Tito Schipa, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joseph Calleja, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazon, Piotr Beczala.                     (57 min.)