Calleja's

Mr. Asciak became Mr. Calleja's teacher, a position he still holds.

Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

It is a sorry fact of today's opera world that homogenized loudness is often valued above individualized refinement, yet Mr. Calleja's plangent cantabile phrasing, in which each note is connected in a seamless golden line, recalls the old masters like Gigli whose voice his most resembles and more recent exponents of exquisite vocal art, like Carlo Bergonzi and the late Alain Vanzo.

Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

Mr. Calleja's story began in his native Malta, where he was born in 1978.

Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

Surprisingly, Mr. Calleja's favorite scene is the first one, because of its theatrical challenge.

Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

Mr. Calleja's singing is a magnificent throwback to the golden age of Enrico Caruso.

Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

Indeed, though that album's title may smack of classic Hollywood, it is Mr. Calleja's classic vocalism that stands out on all his recordings.

Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

There the bunched up peasant army was systematically butchered by Calleja's smaller force of seasoned campaigners.

Miguel Hidalgo: the Father who fathered a country (1753–1811) 2008

Calleja's forces occupied Guadalajara but Hidalgo managed to escape.

Orderly rebel: the life and thought of Ignacio de Allende (1779–1811) 2008

There the bunched up peasant army was systematically butchered by Calleja's smaller force of seasoned campaigners.

Miguel Hidalgo: the Father who fathered a country (1753–1811) 2008

Calleja's forces occupied Guadalajara but Hidalgo managed to escape.

Orderly rebel: the life and thought of Ignacio de Allende (1779–1811) 2008