Joseph Calleja, Tenor
 BIRTHPLACE Attard, Malta THIS SEASON Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Met, Rodolfo in La Bohème at the Vienna State Opera and in Hamburg, Macduff in Macbeth at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, Ruggero in La Rondine in Frankfurt, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at Tokyo’s New National Theatre, and Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra at Covent Garden. PREVIOUS MET APPEARANCES Macduff, Nemorino, and the Duke in Rigoletto (debut, 2006). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS The Duke for debuts at Covent Garden, the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Netherlands Opera, and Welsh National Opera; Elvino in La Sonnambula, Arturo in I Puritani, the title role of Roberto Devereux, Nemorino, and the Duke at the Vienna State Opera; Nicias in Thaïs at Covent Garden; Alfredo in La Traviata with the Los Angeles Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago; Leicester in Maria Stuarda in Stockholm and Parma; and Arturo and the title role of Faust with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. |
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