Joseph Calleja |

Joseph Calleja

Umnikazi we "golden age voice" avame ukuqhathaniswa ngayo nabaculi abadumile bakudala: uJussi Björling, uBeniamino Gigli, ngisho no-Enrico Caruso (Associated Press), uJoseph Calleja ngesikhathi esifushane usebe ngomunye wabadume kakhulu. kanye nezinto ezifunwayo zosuku lwethu.

UJoseph Calleia wazalwa ngo-1978 esiqhingini saseMalta. Lapho eneminyaka engu-16 waba nesithakazelo sokucula: waqala ukucula ekwayeni yesonto, wabe eseqala ukufunda nomculi waseMalta uPaul Asciak. Kakade eneminyaka engu-19, wenza i-debut yakhe njengo-Macduff e-Verdi's Macbeth e-Astra Theatre eMalta. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, umculi osemusha wawina umncintiswano ohlonishwayo wezwi likaHans Gabor Belvedere eVienna, owanikeza umfutho emsebenzini wakhe wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-1998, wawina uMqhudelwano weCaruso eMilan, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo, wawina i-Operalia kaPlacido Domingo ePuerto Rico. Ngawo lowo nyaka u-1999, umculi wenza i-debut yakhe e-USA, emkhosini eSpoleto. Kusukela lapho, uCalleja ube yisivakashi esivamile kumathiyetha amakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa iMetropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Liceu Theatre eBarcelona, ​​​​Dresden Semperoper, Frankfurt Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera opera eMunich.

Namuhla, eneminyaka engu-36 ubudala, usevele wacula izindima eziholayo kuma-opera angu-28. Phakathi kwabo kukhona iDuke eRigoletto kanye no-Alfred eLa Traviata kaVerdi; U-Rudolph e-La bohème kanye ne-Pinkerton ku-Madam Butterfly kaPuccini; U-Edgar ku-Lucia di Lammermoor, i-Nemorino ku-Potion of Love, no-Lester ku-Mary Stuart ka-Donizetti; izindima zesihloko kuFaust nakuRomeo nakuJuliet kaGounod; uTybalt eCapuleti naseMontagues kaBellini; UDon Ottavio kuDon Giovanni kaMozart. Uphinde wacula indawo kaLinda emdlalweni wokuqala emhlabeni ka-Azio Corgi's Isabella kuRossini Festival ePesaro (1998).

Ukudlala okuvamile ezisiteji ze-opera namahholo ekhonsathi aphambili emhlabeni, kanye ne-discography ebanzi, kuye kwaholela e-US National Public Radio (NPR) ukuba ibize uCalleia “ngokungangabazeki ingoma yomculo emnandi kakhulu yesikhathi sethu” kanye “neCiko Lonyaka” likamagazini weGramophone” ivota ngo 2012..

U-Kalleia uhlala ecula ngezinhlelo zekhonsathi emhlabeni wonke, ucula nama-orchestra ahamba phambili, uthola izimemo emikhosini eminingi yasehlobo, kuhlanganisa. e-Salzburg nase-BBC Proms, edlalwa emakhonsathini avulekile phambi kwamashumi ezinkulungwane zabalaleli eMalta, eParis naseMunich. Ngo-2011, wabamba iqhaza ekhonsathini ye-gala enikezelwe imiklomelo kaNobel eStockholm, wakhethwa uMongameli waseMalta ukuba enze phambi kuka-Elizabeth II kanye neNkosana uFiliphu, wavakashela eJalimane no-Anna Netrebko, wacula amakhonsathi e-solo eJapane nasezindaweni eziningi zaseYurophu. amazwe.

Selokhu aqala ukuvela kuMetropolitan Opera ngo-2006 ku-Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, uCalleia usethole isikhathi esiningi sokusebenzisana enkundleni yemidlalo yeshashalazi, ikakhulukazi indima kaGounod's Faust ngesizini ka-2011/12 (ehlelwe nguDesmond Makanuf) nakuTales Hoffmann” ngu-Offenbach. (ehlelwe nguBartlet Sher). E-Covent Garden waqala ukubonakala njengoMbusi eRigoletto, wabe esevela esiteji eLa Traviata njengo-Alfred (noRené Fleming) no-Adorno eSimone Boccanegra (noPlácido Domingo). Ku-Vienna State Opera, ngaphezu kwezindima zika-opera zika-Verdi, wacula indawo kaRoberto Devereux kanye ne-Nemorino kuma-opera ka-Donizetti, u-Pinkerton ku-Madama Butterfly, u-Elvino e-La sonnambula no-Arthur ePuritani yaseBellini. Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, uCalleia uhlobise ngobuciko bakhe ukukhiqizwa okusha kwe-Rigoletto e-Bavarian State Opera.

UCalleia waba sematheni ekhonsathini yokuvala e-BBC Proms ngo-2012, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo wavala lo mkhosi ngemidlalo emibili: eVerdi 200th Anniversary Gala eRoyal Albert Hall, nasekhonsathini yokuvala eHyde Park, kanye nomdlali we-violinist. U-Nigel Kennedy kanye nomculi we-pop uBryan Ferry. Okunye ukuzibandakanya kwalo mculi ngesizini ka-2013/14 kufaka phakathi ikhonsathi yemisebenzi ka-Verdi e-Théâtre des Champs Elysées e-Paris (ne-Orchester National de France eqhutshwa ngu-Daniel Gatti); ikhonsathi eRoyal Festival Hall yaseLondon neRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra; I-“Requiem” ka-Verdi ne-Orchestra ye-Academy yase-Santa Cecilia e-London kanye ne-Birmingham (umqhubi u-Antonio Pappano).

Ukuhlanganyela kwe-Opera ngo-2013/14 kufaka phakathi ukukhiqizwa okusha kwe-La Traviata e-Lyric Opera yaseChicago, i-La bohème eqondiswa nguFranco Zeffirelli e-Metropolitan Opera, u-Simon Boccanegra e-Vienna State Opera (noThomas Hampson endimeni yesihloko, ukusebenza kuqoshwe ku. I-Decca Classics ), "Faust" e-Covent Garden (ehlanganiswe no-Anna Netrebko, uSimon Keenleyside noBryn Terfel), ukudlala izindima ezinhlanu eziyinhloko esiteji se-Bavarian State Opera (uDuke ku-"Rigoletto", u-Alfred ku "La Traviata”, Hoffmann in “The Tales of Hoffmann” , Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Macduff in Macbeth).

Kusukela ngo-2003, uCalleia ube ngumculi okhethekile we-Decca Classics. Une-discography ebanzi kule lebula, okuhlanganisa ukurekhodwa kwama-opera nekhonsathi, kanye nama-solo disc amahlanu: I-Golden Voice, i-Tenor Arias, i-Maltese Tenor, i-Be My Love ("Homage to Mario Lanz", Amore. Ukusebenza kwe-"La I-Traviata” Covent Garden, lapho uCalleia ekhanya khona ngo-R. Fleming kanye no-T. Hampson, yakhululwa nge-DVD (kulebula ye-Blu-ray).Ngo-2012, u-Calleia waqokelwa i-Grammy njengomculi we-Decca Classics.

Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, umculi wenza i-debut yakhe eHollywood: efilimini ethi "The Immigrant" wadlala u-Enrico Caruso odumile (kwezinye izindima - uMarion Cotillard, uJoaquin Phoenix, uJeremy Renner). Kodwa-ke, izwi lakhe liye lazwakala kumafilimu ngaphambili: kwifilimu ethi "Taste of Life" (Akukho Ukubhuka, i-2007, ehambisana no-C. Zeta-Jones no-A. Eckhart), wenza Ingoma yeDuke La donna é mobile evela "Rigoletto ” ngu-J. Verdi.

Lo mculi waseMalta ube yisihloko sezihloko ezincwadini ezifana neNew York Wall Street Journal kanye neLondon Times; isithombe sakhe sasihlobise izembozo zomagazini abaningi, kuhlanganisa. Izindaba ze-Opera. Uvame ukuvela kumabonakude: kuBusiness Traveller ye-CNN, Ibhulakufesi le-BBC, i-Andrew Marr Show ku-BBC 1, futhi uyilungu lamakhonsathi amaningi kamabonakude.

Omunye waseMalta odume kakhulu, uJoseph Calleja wakhethwa njengenxusa lokuqala lamasiko eMalta ngo-2012, ubuso be-Air Malta kanye nomsunguli (kanye neMalta Bank of Valletta) ye-BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation, isisekelo sokusiza esiza abantulayo. izingane kanye nemindeni ehola kancane.

Umthombo: Iwebhusayithi yaseMoscow Philharmonic