Joseph Calleja - Verdi - Decca: 4831539 - CD or download

For the love duet from Otello…he sounds marvellously virile and tireless…Calleja has not yet learnt the required inwardness for Otello’s two great monologues, but he has the voice for all these... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, More…

Release Date: 2nd Feb 2018
Catalogue No: 4831539
Label: Decca
Length: 63 minutes

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Excerpt, Verdi: Aida

4:41

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Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Ramón Tebar
Recorded: 2016-12-09
Recording Venue: Palau de les Arts, Reina Sofia, Valencia

"Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste Aida"

4:41

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Excerpt, Verdi: Il Trovatore

6:34

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Joseph Calleja (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Apollo Voices
Ramón Tebar
Recorded: 2016-12-09
Recording Venue: Palau de les Arts, Reina Sofia, Valencia

"Ah sì ben mio"

3:11

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"Di quella pira"

3:23

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Excerpt, Verdi: La forza del destino

19:22

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Joseph Calleja (tenor), Vittorio Vitelli (baritone)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Ramón Tebar
Recorded: 2016-12-09
Recording Venue: Palau de les Arts, Reina Sofia, Valencia

"La vita è inferno...Oh, tu che in seno agl'angeli"

10:04

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"Invano Alvaro"

9:18

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Excerpt, Verdi: Don Carlo

6:55

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Joseph Calleja (tenor), Vittorio Vitelli (baritone)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Ramón Tebar
Recorded: 2016-12-09
Recording Venue: Palau de les Arts, Reina Sofia, Valencia

"È lui! desso! L'infante!... Dio, che nell'alma infondere"

6:55

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Excerpt, Verdi: Otello

25:41

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Joseph Calleja (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Vittorio Vitelli (baritone)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Ramón Tebar
Recorded: 2016-12-09
Recording Venue: Palau de les Arts, Reina Sofia, Valencia

"Già nella notte densa"

10:44

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"Oh! Mostruosa colpa!... Sì, per ciel marmoreo, giuro!”

4:41

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"Dio! mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali"

4:37

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"Niun mi tema"

5:39

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Interview, Joseph Calleja on Verdi

8th February 2018

Katherine talks to the Maltese tenor about his new album of arias from operas including Otello, Il trovatore, Don Carlo and Aida.

Recording of the Week, Verdi albums from Joseph Calleja and Sonya Yoncheva

2nd February 2018

The Maltese tenor and Bulgarian soprano triumph in their explorations of the composer's more dramatic roles.

Reviews

June 2018

For the love duet from Otello…he sounds marvellously virile and tireless…Calleja has not yet learnt the required inwardness for Otello’s two great monologues, but he has the voice for all these difficult arias and duets, and so long as he doesn’t attempt too much too soon he may well become the leading Italianate tenor of his generation.

May 2018

...together with some expansive phrasing, his clean diction, musicianship and intelligent engagement exemplify the conscientious artist; he attacks the final note fortissimo before diminishing to nothing. Among the best things here is the challenging 'O tu che in seno', Calleja supplying an exciting, thought-through reading of this touchstone among Verdi arias.

2nd February 2018

Calleja is already supremely alive to [Otello's] vulnerability and volatility, and his golden tone has now darkened to a gleaming bronze which cleaves through the heavy orchestration in the two great monologues with easy clarity. Stylistically and temperamentally, he seems completely at home in this repertoire, never afraid to add faintly old-school expressive effects, though nothing ever seems contrived or histrionic.

4th March 2018

Any doubts about the most winning lyric “Italian” tenor since Pavarotti tackling this heavy Verdi repertoire are largely dispelled by the vitality of his sunny sound and the clarity of his diction.

Opera Now April 2018

...it’s in the selections from Otello that Calleja sounds most comfortable. Just when one would expect the voice to sink beneath the orchestral waves he provides precisely the refinement required, sings within his means and reminds us that not the entire role requires powerhouse bellowing. Ramón Tebar’s conducting is judicious and attentive.

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Interview, Joseph Calleja on Verdi

Recording of the Week, Verdi albums from Joseph Calleja and Sonya Yoncheva