Joseph Calleja is named Gramophone “Artist of the Year” 2012

Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja has been named the Gramophone “Artist of the Year” 2012. The announcement was made at the Gramophone Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in London earlier today. The “Artist of the Year” award is the only Gramophone prize decided by public vote, and recent winners include conductor Gustavo Dudamel and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. After learning of the win, Calleja told The Times of London, “The other nominees are all great artists, so I am very honored to have won this. It has been a great month for me personally and I would like to thank everyone who voted for me from the bottom of my heart.”
 
The award caps a successful start to the tenor’s 2012-13 season. On September 8, he performed at the world-famous Last Night of the Proms with violinist Nicola Benedetti. In a review of the performance, Reuters observed, “Calleja, for one, was in top form and got ovation after ovation for his ventures into repertoires like Puccini’s ‘Nessun Dorma’ and Lara’s ‘Granada’ that once were standards for the late Luciano Pavarotti.” A week later, the release of Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario Lanza, Calleja’s fourth solo album on Decca, became the first classical title to hit No. 1 on the Danish pop chart since the release of The Three Tenors in Concert in 1994. The tenor closes the month singing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with the Vienna State Opera and then celebrates the U.S. release of Be My Love with a concert at New York’s City Winery in collaboration with the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival on October 11.
 
 
Joseph Calleja: 2012-13 engagements
 
Sept 29, October 2, 5, 2012
Vienna, Austria
Vienna State Opera
Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
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Oct 8, 2012
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Music Centre
Gala Concert
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Oct 11, 2012
New York, NY
City Winery
Be My Love Album Release Concert
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Oct 20, 2012
Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Anniversary Gala Concert
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Dec 15, 19, 21, 25, 28, 30, 2012
Munich, Germany
Bavarian State Opera
Rigoletto (The Duke)
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Jan 7, 2013
Geneva, Switzerland
Victoria Hall
Concert with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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Jan 11, 2013
London, England
Royal Festival Hall
Be My Love concert tour
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Jan 13, 2013
Pamplona, Spain
Auditorio Baluarte
Be My Love concert tour
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Jan 18, 2013
Paris, France
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Be My Love concert tour
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Jan 21, 2013
Munich, Germany
Gasteig
Be My Love concert tour
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Jan 24, 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
Obecní Dum / The Municipal House – Smetana Hall
Be My Love concert tour
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Jan 28, 2013
Vienna, Austria
Vienna Konzerthaus
Presented by Great Voices
Be My Love concert tour
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Jan 31, 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Concertgebouw
Be My Love concert tour
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Feb 3, 2013
Baden Baden, Germany
Baden Baden Festspielhaus
Be My Love concert tour
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Feb 11, 2013
Milan, Italy
Filarmonica della Scala
Verdi Concert
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Feb 18, 21, 24, 2013
Munich, Germany
Bavarian State Opera
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Tebaldo)
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Feb 25. 2013
Munich, Germany
Bavarian State Opera
Verdi Concert
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March 9, 12, 15, 18, 22, 28, 2013
Chicago, IL
Lyric Opera of Chicago
La bohème (Rodolfo)
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April 6, 2013
Dublin, Ireland
National Concert Hall
Gala Concert
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May 18, 27, June 1, 2013
Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Opera
Un ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
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June 5, 2013
Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Pearl Fishers (Nadir)
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