Joseph Calleja
Part of Classical Season 2017/18
Hear Joseph Calleja, one of the world’s most acclaimed and sought-after tenors, as he makes his long-awaited return to Royal Festival Hall.
Following sold-out concerts in 2014 and 2016, the Maltese tenor performs a selection of favourite arias and songs accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Repertoire
Verdi: Overture, Nabucco; Celeste Aida from Aida; O figli, o figli miei! from Macbeth; Ah, la paterna mano (Macduff's aria) from Macbeth; Ballet Music from Macbeth, Act 3; Oh! fede negar - Quando le sere al placido from Luisa Miller; Ah, si ben mio from Il Trovatore
IntervalBerlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens
Jules Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller from Werther
Bizet: Flower Song from Carmen
Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
Francesco Cilea: E la solita storia del pastore from L'arlesiana
Puccini: E lucevan le stelle from Tosca
Offenbach: Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach from The Tales of Hoffmann