Joseph Calleja is one of the most sought-after singers alive today. His supple, beguiling voice, often compared to legendary tenors including Gigli, Pavarotti and Caruso, has taken him to leading opera houses all over the world. During the 2024/25 season engagements included Rodolfo in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Semperoper in Dresden, and concerts for the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, in Shanghai's Performing Arts Center (his debut in China) and the Musiikkitalo in Helsinki. Now he's back at Oper Frankfurt, where roles he thrilled audiences with included Gounod's Roméo, the title role in Mascagni's L’amico Fritz (in concert), Rodolfo, Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Don José (Carmen), and Nadir and Ruggero in concert performances of Bizet's Les pêcheurs des perles and Puccini's La rondine, and a recital with Tatiana Lisnic, for this recital. The Maltese government made him their country's Cultural Ambassador in 2012 and France bestowed the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on him in 2024. Welcome back, Joseph Calleja!
