Andrea Boccelli coming to Malta for Joseph Calleja concert

World-famous tenor Andrea Boccelli will be the special guest at the 2017 edition of the annual Joseph Calleja concert, organisers NnG Promotions have announced. 
The concert will be held on August 19 at the Granaries in Floriana and will mark the 20-year anniversary since Malta's very own Mr Calleja made his public debut in the world of opera. 
Mr Boccelli became a household name thanks to his 1996 hit Con Te Partiro', which he later performed as a duet with Sarah Brightman. He regularly sells out venues across the globe and also dedicates a great deal of time to the Andrea Boccelli Foundation, which seeks to overcome poverty, disability and social exclusion across the world. 

Mr Calleja made his stage debut at the Astra Theatre aged 19, playing Macduff in Verdi's Macbeth - the same role which Mr Boccelli began his own career with. 
Having studied under the tutelage of the late Paul Axiak, he then began a glittering career that has taken him to the world's most renowned venues and seen him sing 33 leading roles to date.  
He won the 1998 Caruso Competition in Milan and was a prize winner in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia in 1999, the year of his US debut at the Spoleto...