Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja was born on January 22, 1978 in Attard. Joseph Calleja discovers opera thanks to the film Le Grand Caruso. He began singing in his church choir at the age of sixteen. Joseph Calleja made his debut in Verdi’s Macbeth which he performed in Germany and for his American debut at the Seattle Opera. Winner of the Caruso Competition in Milan in 1998, Joseph Calleja played roles on the biggest stages in Europe in La Traviata, Les Puritains or La Bohême.
