Last Wednesday, my sister and I went to see opera tenor Joseph Calleja in concert. He has been one of our favorite tenors for years now, and we could not pass up the opportunity to hear him live. It was a fabulous evening! He was in fine voice, and the program was a good one for us. Normally, the concerts we've seen at this venue have piano accompaniment, but he had an orchestra. The first half was opera arias, and all ones we love. The second half was Italian songs. There were five encore songs as well, and thunderous applause from the audience for all of it.
And one of the neatest parts of the evening was that the concert was a tribute to Mario Lanza. And who was in the audience? Mario Lanza's daughter and three other members of his family! That was pretty amazing.
It was a great evening for two opera lovers!
(one of my favorite arias, which he sang live for us)
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