Stars' recitals with piano

Joseph Calleja

Aria and song recital
Hungarian State Opera
Running time including interval
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In the 2025/26 season, the OPERA will be organizing for the fourth time its truly exclusive concert series Stars' Recitals with Piano, dedicated to songs and arias. The first performer in the program lineup is Maltese-born tenor Joseph Calleja, whose velvety voice has been directly compared to that of Pavarotti and Gigli. The singer has already portrayed, among others, Don José, Cavaradossi, the Duke in Rigoletto, Faust, and Hoffmann, and has appeared in nearly all of the world’s leading opera houses, from New Zealand and Australia through Europe to the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In addition to his stage performances, he boasts numerous opera and concert recordings, as well as eight solo albums. This time, he will delight the Budapest audience with a solo recital accompanied by piano.

Programme

Jules Massenet: Le Cid – "Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père" – Rodrigue's aria from Act 3
Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka – "Vidino divná, přesladká" – Prince's aria from Act 1
George Frideric Handel: Xerxes – "Ombra mai fu" – Xerxes's aria from Act I
Stefano Donaudy: Vaghissima sembianza
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca – "E lucevan le stelle" – Cavaradossi's aria from Act 3
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Нет толка тот, кто знал  (None but the Lonely Heart)
Francesco Paolo Tosti: Ideale
Francesco Paolo Tosti: A vucchella
Henry Mancini – Johnny Mercer: Breakfast at Tiffany's – Moon River
Nino Rota: The Godfather  – Parla più piano
John Newton: Amazing Grace
Richard Rodgers – Oscar Hammerstein II: The Sound of Music – Edelweiss
Leonard Bernstein – Stephen Sondheim: West Side Story  – Tonight