Joseph Calleja meets the ‘devil with the brush’ in Christmas Day concert
Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja will be singing into people's living rooms on Christmas Day, thanks to an hour-long concert to be screened on national broadcaster TVM.
The concert was shot during the past weeks in some of the most beautiful locations around Malta and Gozo, specifically for Christmas 2020.
Calleja’s rendition of popular Christmas song Adeste Fideles was shot at Valletta’s majestic basilica of St Dominic, one of the finest testimonies of the genius of Maltese artist Giuseppe Calì, or the ‘devil with the brush’ as he was known.
The concert will be broadcast on Christmas Day at 1 pm on TVM.
The initiative was developed through a collaboration between Bank of Valletta, NNG Promotions and other international artists.
Speaking about this initiative, BOV CEO Rick Hunkin said, "This has been a truly extraordinary year for everyone, a time of uncertainty as we adapted and changed all that we considered as ‘life as normal.
[attach id=1006406 size="large" align="left" type="image"]St Dominic’s basilica was chosen as one of the settings due to the ties that Bank of Valletta has with the basilica.[/attach]
"As a truly Maltese bank, we are delighted to be associated with this...