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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Malta, the island nation 50 miles south of Sicily, may be small, but it's home to one of the biggest stars in opera, tenor Joseph Calleja. And like his country's name, which may originate in the Greek word for honey, Calleja's voice is a potent mix of Italianate passion and sweetness. Just listen to how he pulls the volume back to a slender golden ray of tone several times in Tosti's gorgeous "Ideale," and especially the word "disciogliea" in the Puccini aria that closes this performance. His singing requires the breath support of a true athlete, which is key to launching soft sounds - even more than his roaring top notes - all the way up to the cheap seats.
The ability to control dynamic levels and expressively shade notes and phrases were once techniques in nearly every singer's toolbox. But we don't hear as much subtlety these days, and that makes Calleja an especially refreshing throwback to pre-World War II singers such as the suave Tito Schipa and the magical Alessandro Bonci. It's a reason Calleja is in such demand from all of the world's top opera houses.
Along with his voice, the tenor's burly good looks and acting skill have helped land him on the silver screen as well. He plays opera legend Enrico Caruso opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant, a story set on the gritty streets of 1920s New York. The film is expected to be in limited release in the U.S. beginning May 2.
The best news of all is that Calleja is just 36. His voice is already changing, growing richer, bigger and a little darker than what you hear on his earliest recordings. With any luck, we'll have a few more decades to enjoy what is already one of the most impressive tenor voices of the past half century. --TOM HUIZENGA
Set List
Tchaikovsky: None But The Lonely Heart
Tosti: Ideale
Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)
Credits
Producers: Denise DeBelius, Tom Huizenga; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Becky Lettenberger, Meredith Rizzo; photo by Abbey Oldham/NPR
I could watch this a million times! Bravo! Bravo!
The pianist name is Kevin Miller
How do you know it ? Jajaja just kidding, man you played this music with many feelings you really play beautiful, it is the best version of "none but the lonely heart" ever ! Congratulations !
And joseph's voice make me record the past !
+juan diego estupiñan diaz Thank you very much !
You did an excellent job!
Tenor and pianist are both GREAT! Love Josephs singing and this pianist is fantastic - he breathes with him. love this
utterly beautiful, soothing music, delightful and I thank you for that NPR Music ♥
super Joseph Calleja
Martin Martin E. Morris, music to ease and adjust ones life to x
I'm impressed by the sound quality going by how cluttery the room is...
Thanks for this Heidi Anne Morris ♥ I need it :-)
Martin E. Morris :O) ♥ never heard of him before - glad you enjoyed it, i#ve been listening to this too .. .good when it gets going Concert in Prag, with Joseph Calleja, January 2013 x
Amber Petchey love the 'tiny desk concerts' amber :)
I believe Joseph Calleja is the best tenor in the world! As a Russian native speaker I appreciate Joseph's performance of Tchaikovsky's song in really good Russian. There is only one little mistake.
Instead "temnyeyet okno" ( the window is darkening) in the original it goes "Temnyeyet OKO" (the view in my eye is darkening). Oko is archaic Russian word for an eye. I wish Joseph Calleja every success!
Ahahhahahahahhahahhahahahahah😂👏😂👏👏👏😂👏😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😭😭😭😭😭😭
It’s interesting how a Slavic language has so many Latin-sounding words. Oko is similar to the Italian word for eye, “ochio” (pronounced almost the same, with a hard “c” sound).
@@mikedeieso920 Or Latin has many slavic - sounding words just with a little different pronunciation...
An outstanding voice! Calleja projects the emotional DNA of a song so very well!
Love this! And great work by the pianist!!
love seeing classical musicians on here
UFFF!!! I loved 'Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)'
These guys are absolutely fantastic! Kev summons big dynamics & intensity from that li’l ole upright piano and JC’s voice resonates perfectly for small office (or big acoustic theater!) Ideally this music needs a much bigger space to reveal the full beauty of sounds being produced but under the microscope of tiny desk it’s pretty damned impressive. Congrats to JC for singing so well in a space which is acoustically so unkind.
Beautiful man beautiful voice
Absolutely beautiful
Geweldig !!!!!! Zijn stem komt bij mij binnen als een tornado, loves Marijke
Wonderful, Joseph !
Belíssima voz! Pianista impecável.
Parabéns! Muitos aplausos.
I wonder how loud it is in that room with an operatic tenor used to huge opera houses belting out high notes in a small space.
Mark Wilder it’s literally the most impressive sound possible coming from a human
Bravo, Joseph!
Stunning!
Beautiful video, audio and wonderful vid description. Nice work!
Yes! he's on my list~~~~
My favorite version of Ideale
Wow, beautiful!!!!!!!!!
Mesmerizing and so handsome, too : )
Calleja my favorite singer, but I think Hi is the Word's too.
You played very well, Kevin. That was a beautiful program you two performed.
American Pianist: Kevin J. Miller [NYC]
Superb!
Interrupting this singing with commercials is obscene.
Wow
Wow. I'm from Russia, but I didnt expect that americans would be singing Tchaikovsky here. Nice!:)
Not american, he's from Republic of Malta. Anyway, americans do sing Tchaikovsky as almost all the world countrys
Mr. D I'm used to see artists like Robert Glasper here, but not classical singers. Cool!
Why is the accompanists name not shown?
+Dominique Holley His name is Kevin Miller
you did not watch video to the end......where it tells you pianist's name
While his Russian is generally excellent in None but the Lonely Heart, he sings "окно" "the WINDOW" rather than "око" - the eye!
This is beautiful!
Maybe music you'd hear in an Italian restaurant selling pizza and pasta..?
Just a thought...
you guys should try and get Bruce Levingston to play!
видно,что поёт итальянец - очень уж открытые эмоции в Чайковском...хотелось бы более сдержанно. И пение,и голос - на высоте.
I didn't see the accompanist's name... who is he?
+Jessica Brams-Miller His name is Kevin Miller
Exciting new prospect at the top of Opera. Personally I love him. His top register is a tiny bit thin for my liking, and I did NOT like the accompanist on this recording at all.
But we have been truly spoilt for the last 20+ years with Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo. Vittorio is my current favourite but Calleja is a close second :)
Very good Russian.
Is this a goat, bariton martin or maybe a tenorino!!
TenorRinke it's a tenor...
serious russian singin!
Too much vibrato. His sound is dry and his attempt to focus the voice will creat problems.
he's one of the best, most pure voiced tenors alive right now. Not to mention one of the most celebrated! The dryness you're hearing is in the acoustics not the man!
He's fucking garbage. And the vibrato us a bleat he sounds like a goat. Zero ZERO chest voice. The great singers would laugh if they heard this.
You're an emotional little being, aren't you? Your response is so overtly dramatic to the topic at hand. You are so up in arms that you cannot even admit to the things Calleja does well. It seems you and other Stanley/LoMonaco soapbox preachers enter this state of mind quite often. You seem more likely to spontaneously combust than to admit that a singer whom you do not fancy might be doing some things well. From that stems these ridiculous, theoretically (and practically) impossible statements like "zero, ZERO chest voice".
Jakob Wall tell me what he does well? I've sung all over. I have two degrees. I've been coached by some of the best coaches in the world and studied with "top" teachers. I was like you once. That's the difference. I have had this shit teaching. I know how completely different the sounds are. Talk all the trash you want but that still doesn't make you knowledgeable on the subject. What? Do I need to go into the physiology and anatomy of the larynx? We say zero chest because that's the only words people like you think you understand. You don't even know what chest voice is or how it functions.
Jakob Wall how do you explain the bleat? I'll wait. I guess that's just part of his natural sound. I'm certain I know what you sound like... if you even sing.
Désolé mais ce chanteur n'a rien à faire sur une scène d'opéra. Tout est à jeter dans sa technique vocale.
Il chante littéralement comme une chèvre (vibrato). Aucune puissance, pas de timbre, de l'air dans sa voix.
Et dire que ce mec est une star de l'opéra...
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Плохое произношение.
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