Gioachino Rossini: Overture, The Thieving Magpie
Amilcare Ponchielli: Cielo e mar from La Gioconda
Georges Bizet: Flower Song from Carmen
Georges Bizet: Danse bohème from Carmen
Giacomo Puccini: Recondita armonia from Tosca
Giacomo Puccini: Vissi d'arte from Tosca
Giacomo Puccini: La tregenda (The witches dance) from Le Villi
Giacomo Puccini: E lucevan le stella from Tosca
Giacomo Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi from La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini: O soave fanciulla from La Bohème
Interval
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture, I vespri siciliani
Giuseppe Verdi: Pace, pace mio Dio! from La Forza del destino
Giuseppe Verdi: La donna è mobile from Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani, involami from Ernani
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni: Addio alla madre from Cavalleria Rusticana
Umberto Giordano: Amor ti vieta from Fedora
George Gershwin: Summertime from Porgy and Bess
Nicholas Brodszky: Serenade from Serenade
Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love from The Toast of New Orleans

Operatic star Joseph Calleja, the 'Maltese Tenor', makes his long awaited Royal Festival Hall concert debut with a popular selection of his favourite arias together with his own very special tribute to Mario Lanza.

Performers

Philharmonia Orchestra
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Joseph Calleja tenor
Indra Thomas soprano