Joseph Calleja sings a song by Guy d'Hardelot, made famous first by Caruso and then perhaps even more so later by Mario Lanza (and Perry Como!). BBC radio broadcast, 2006.
The film the Great Caruso influenced you in positive way. I am proud to be Maltese and hearing you singing the songs of the Greatest Tenor Mario Lanza, thrills much more.
Terrific voice. I have never heard of him. Vibrato might be a touch fast but a beautiful rendition of this song. He obviously listened very carefully to the Bjorling recording. Why not? Who wouldn’t?
why be so pedantic.realistically this maltese tenor has a wonderful voice as exemplified by this wonderful rendition of an aria if one may call it so that is so difficult to sing.his voice control is sublime and he brings such emotional passion to the piece only a cold hearted critic could complain.very few of us could sing it so well.
I think a lot of people find enjoyment in having opinions. That's why the comments sections of RU-vid is so popular. I think we can all enjoy his voice and then compare him to our other favorite singers. Plus I think it all makes us feel better about ourselves when we can say ourselves, "this amazing voice isn't perfect", therefore I'm more OK.
A fine rendering , having just listened to his splendid version of e lucevan le stelle. on the Andrew Marr show.Its a real treat to hear a real tenor voice, instead of the Karaoke singers who pass themselves off as tenors. The voice has sum similarities to his fellow countryman ,,tenor Oreste Kirkop who sang at Covent Garden in the 1950s, and went on to Holywood to appear in the Vagabond King..
D ~ This guy continues to impress in a (live) recording with an "interesting" aspect: he sings it rather LOW, the high notes landing on G natural, rather than on an A or a B, etc. In the process (of listening to his lower phrases in this rendition) he shows us the potential of his voice to darken with experience ~ perhaps as Caruso's did 100 years ago?! ~ A
people keep criticising Calleja, that he has a vibrato, that he's that and that thing...I guess it's because they're not used to listening to good singing in our present age, as no one has that fast vibrato, because no one sings as they should, people are sort of puzzled because this is pretty uncommon
He is the most beautiful sounding tenore, has manly soft, soulful voice. Each role is natural phenomenon, a large repartoire. Happy is he who can hear.
This may sound like a simple little song, when compared individually with many operatic arias, and with one or two of them, it is, but never be fooled by this. The tenor who can master this song (Calleja doesn't quite) and a few others, including Ah Vucchella by Tosti / D'Annucio is a schooled tenor indeed. Calleja seems to be letting his voice develop nicely, in time, it will (I hope) grow to be a fine strong tree of a voice, with much learning and experience behind it.
You may allocate levels of difficulty as you see fit and in many cases I feel certain that I would be inclined to agree, this doesn't alter the fact that simple sweet sounding songs such as "A Vucchella" are not so simple to deliver artfully. Often, as in the case of "Because", the so called simple songs are a good deal more difficult to handle than they may appear or sound to the listener.
Takes all kinds and I enjoyed Callejas voice and his tone was not 'harsh' hope he will continue to give us the pleasure of his voice for many more years. To compare him to Perry Como whom I also like, is really very silly indeed as I never heard Como singing this song ever.
Pagliaccio, I understand perfectly the point you make, & generally I agree with it. But surely 'greatness' is bestowed upon a singer by said singer stacking one superb performance onto another. It is achieved progressively, not suddenly after 40 years of singing. I've heard all the 'great' tenors, & personal preferences aside & leaving sheer volume out of the debate, Calleja need offer no apologies whatsoever to the vocal past. In fact he sings better live than some of the greats in recordings.
luissuccar,sí superior a los que nombra pero no al Gran Maestro Franco Corelli, especialmente, desde los años 1958 a 197... Se retiró en 1976, en la plenitud de su voz y fama. Siendo ya muy famoso en Europa, en 1961, logró, el Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York llevarlo a sus temporadas de Opera, desde ese momento a la fecha de su retiro, todos los años fué éxito seguro en éste. Me Gusta Mucho Joseph Calleja, le sigo su carrera desde que salio en éstas páginas. BRAVO JOSEPH CALLEJA
gran cantante quiza un poco frio pero superior a los cantantes del pasado , al menos para mi cantantes como calleja, alvarez , alagna, florez o vargas son superiores a sus pares de antaño caruso incluido
He is a fine tenor.But if english isn't your native language it will almost always sound bad.You wont sound like Mario Lanza.I wonder if you realy think it sound good?
HOW I HATE THIS!!! Listiening to one perforner, Lauritz Melchior, directing me into another., which I have NO interest to listen to. What a resource has evolved into what a dump!
