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Joseph Calleja, Javier Camarena & Ramón Vargas lead Opera Naples’ Festival Under the Stars

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Opera Naples has announced the II Festival Under the Star with Artistic Director Ramón Tebar conducting the Naples Festival Orchestra. The festival will take place from March 11 to 20 with performances at Cambier Park and the Wang Opera Center. The season will open with Opera Star Concert with Joseph Calleja. Due to popular demand, Opera Naples is bringing back {…}

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Joseph Calleja, Pretty Yende, Alice Coote & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Riga Jurmala Music Festival’s 2022 Edition

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(Credit: Riga Jurmala Music Festival) The Riga Jurmala Music Festival has announced its 2022 slate. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works only. Soprano Pretty Yende, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, tenor Julien Prégardien, and bass René Pape perform Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626. The rest of a program features Sibelius’ Symphony No. 4 {…}

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Joseph Calleja, Amanda Echalaz, Phillip Rhodes, Erika Grimaldi & Simone Piazzola Lead New Zealand Opera’s 2022 Season

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(Credits: Dragana Ranković/Semperoper Dresden official website/ NZ Opera official website/ Bayerische Staatsoper official website/Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The New Zealand Opera has announced its 2022 slate, featuring numerous international artists and productions. “Summer of Opera” will take place in Wellington, Auckland, and at Hamilton Garden Arts Festival. The event will spotlight music by Bizet, Bernstein, and other famous composers. Performance {…}

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Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, and Joseph Calleja Headline Grange Park Opera Surrey’s 2022 Season

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Grange Park Opera, Surrey has announced its 2022 season, which will feature operas by Janáček, Ponchielli, Verdi, and Wagner. Several of opera’s biggest stars, including Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, and Joseph Calleja, are slated to perform opera at its most grand. Here’s what is in store for audiences when the season kicks off in June 2022. First up is Janáček’s {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Javier Camarena, Joseph Calleja Headline Opera Naples 2021-22 Season

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Opera Naples in Florida has announced its 2021-22 season which will feature some of the biggest stars from around the opera world. First up will be a production of “Hansel and Gretel” at the Wang Opera Center. Performance Dates: Oct. 16 & 17, 2021 Next up is a performance by soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov at Arthrex One. {…}

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PBS Announces Broadcasting Slate for Joseph Calleja & Diana Damrau Met Opera Performance

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PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja’s concert from the Met Opera in 2020 on August 6, 2021. Additionally, the organization revealed that “Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja in Concert” will be hitting the New York metro area on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN. The {…}

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Q & A: Joseph Calleja on ‘Tosca,’ Mario Lanza & the Future of Opera

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Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja is considered one of the great voices of his generation. Sometimes noted as the “Golden Voice,” he has gone on to perform diverse repertoire around the world, while recording five solo recital albums, and appearing several HD performances. Over the past years, he has started to move in the dramatic repertoire and is currently making his {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky & Joseph Calleja Headline Teatro Real’s ‘Tosca’ Broadcast

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On July 10, the Teatro Real de Madrid will broadcast a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The production by Paco Azorín will stream at 7 p.m. Madrid time on MyOperaPlayer, the Teatro Real’s YouTube channel and RTVE, who is co-producing the transmission. The evening will also be shown on outdoor screens and audiences can also watch the production on TVE {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Lisette Oropesa, Joseph Calleja & Markus Werba Headline Festival della Valle d’Itria’s 2021 Season

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The Festival Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Italy has announced its 47 edition with the theme “Fiat lux.” The festival which will be held between July 17 and August 5 will feature international stars from around the world. Operas  Haydn’s “The Creation” will be conducted by Fabio Luisi and will feature Vassily Solodkyy, Alessio Arduini, Jan Antem, and Sabrina Sanza. Fabio {…}