Joseph Calleja, one of the world’s leading tenors, returns with his new album ‘Verdi’. Pre-order here: decca.lnk.to/VerdiID
The album sees Calleja explore the light and dark in Verdi’s heroic tenor roles and features guest appearances from soprano Angela Gheorghiu and baritone Vittorio Vitelli.
Verdi has a special place in Calleja’s heart, having made his debut as Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth when he was just 19. It is his first new album in six years – his last solo album ‘Amore’ was released in September 2013 and he was also part of a 2013 recording of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. However, this new album marks a significant step into Verdi repertoire for Calleja, as he tackles new roles which has yet to play on stage.
Among the arias on the new album are ‘Di quella pira’ and ‘Ah! Si, ben mio…’ from Il Trovatore, ‘Già nella notte densa’ from Otello, and ‘Celeste Aida’ from the opening scene of Verdi’s Egyptian opera. Each of the roles on this album celebrate the tenore robusto as the voice-type of an operatic hero and showcase Calleja’s powerful yet lyrical voice.
Part 2 -Jiří Bělohlávek conducts BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus to perform Henry Woods Fantasia on British Sea-Songs. Tenor Joseph Calleja joins to sing Rule Britannia with help from members of Team GBs Olympic Rowing squad at the Last Night of the Proms at Royal Albert Hall.
Simone Lamsma (violin) — Davida Scheffers (cor anglais)
Watch til the end, emotion guaranteed…
Davida Scheffers has lived her dream in winning a contest and the opportunity to play with the dutch Orchestra. Davida suffers from an extremely painful neuromuscular condition that derailed her career, and she thought she would never get to play in a professional orchestra again… The young blond lady is her daughter and was 18 years old that day.
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— Special thanks to RTL NL for not blocking this video for copyrighting, masterpiece of human feelings representation through music. It had to be shared…