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Happy Birthday to Joseph Calleja

Published: Jan. 23, 2010, 2:12 a.m.

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The happiest of birthdays (Jan.22) to the superb tenor (and lovable guy) Joseph Calleja. Mr.Calleja, who hails from Malta,\\xa0is fast becoming one of opera\'s most renowned artists and here are some examples of his great voice:

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\\xa0The arias are from:\\xa0 Mme.Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur, Don Sebastiano, La Belle Helene, Romeo et Juliette, I Lombardi, and La Traviata.

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\\xa0\\xa0 I also must mention that yesterday we celebrated (well, I did, anyway) the birthdays of two other great stars, Placido Domingo and Carlo Handelmaniac(Or is it EGOmaniac?)

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Now do not shoot me for the following:

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\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Were I the impresario of an opera house years ago, and heard boy soprano Calleja, I would cast him in "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" so we could therefore call him the "Maltese Falcon."

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