| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2013 Konzerthaus: Großer Saal | A musical thrill at the Wiener Konzerthaus: Simon Boccanegra recorded live |
 With the business situation in the recording industry being what it is, studio recordings of operas are more or less ruled out. The positive side of this is that the general public gets the chance to be part of concerts that are recorded and enjoy the tension such an event creates more often.Read full review... | |
| 6-Apr-2013 National Concert Hall | Drama at Joseph Calleja's concert in Dublin |
 There was more than a little drama at Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja’s sold-out concert recital in Dublin’s National Concert Hall this evening. He was joined by Irish soprano Claudia Boyle and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Proinnsías Ó Duinn. Predictability was the order of the day in the choice of programme: familiar arias and duets from the Italian and French operas with a complementary sprinkling of overtures and intermezzi for the orchestra. This was as close one gets to popular classical music: songs that might feature on the classical charts.Read full review... | |
| 9-Mar-2013 Civic Opera House | Netrebko and Calleja in Chicago's La Bohème |
 This past Saturday night at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, opera superstars Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja successfully transformed an otherwise ordinary, four-star La Bohème at the Lyric into an extraordinary, five-star experience.
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| 8-Oct-2012 Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Camerata Hall | Joseph Calleja with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in Helsinki |
 Tenor Joseph Calleja, conductor Giuliano Carella and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra presented an interesting choice of repertoire on Monday. The composers were celebrated Italian and French masters of opera, and the programme alternated between overtures for orchestra and arias starring Calleja. Already at this point an element of balance was detectable: the alternation between orchestra-only and orchestra-and-soloist pieces suggested that they played an equally important role.
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