FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE OCT. 18, 2010
THE MALTESE COMMUNITY CLUB OF DEARBORN, PRESIDENT AND HONORARY
CONSUL OF MALTA, PAUL M. BORG, ALONG WITH
HON. CONSUL GENERAL OF MALTA, LARRY ZAHRA,
DR. AND MRS MARIO TABONE, JOSEPH FORMOSA, VP OF MACC,
IN CCOPERATION WITH BELLINI OPERA THEATRE, PRESIDENT, RUSS LO DUCA AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MALTA’S KNIGHT COMMANDER OF GRACE AND DEVOTION, DINO VALLE ANNOUNCE THE FIRST MICHIGAN OPERATIC RECITAL WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE OF WORLD RENOWN, MALTESE TENOR, JOSEPH CALLEJA
THE OPERATIC RECITAL IS SLATED FOR SUNDAY NOV. 21 2010 AT 7:00 PM...
AT FORD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 15801 MICHIGAN AVE. DBN., MI 48126, WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT.
THE IDEA OF BRINGING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TENORS IN THE WORLD,
“JOSEPH CALLEJA”, BEGAN IN 2008 WITH MR. PAUL BORG AND MR. LARRY ZAHRA, REPRESENTING THE MALTESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLUB, MR. DINO VALLE, AND MR. RUSS LO DUCA IN A SMALL COFFE SHOP IN DEARBORN.
TWO WEEKS AGO, DR. MARIO TABONE, WHO IS A RELATIVE OF JOSEPH CALLEJA, INFORMED MR. VALLE THAT JOSEPH CALLEJA WAS PERFORMING FOR HOUSTON’S GRAND OPERA IN THE PRODUCTION OF BUTTERFLY, AND AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE, JOSEPH, WOULD BE PERFORMING IN A RECITAL IN TORONTO’S ROY THOMPSON HALL, ON NOV 19 2010. MR. VALLE SAW THIS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, AND IMMEDIATELY, WITH THE PERMISSION OF DR. TABONE, MALTA’S CONSULS, MR. BORG AND MR. ZAHRA, MR. FORMOSA, AND MR. LO DUCA; CONTACTED JOSEPH CALLEJA’S ANGENCY IN LONDON ENGLAND TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOSEPH CALLEJA TO PERFORM ON SUNDAY NOV 21, 2010 AT 7PM. “THIS WILL BE TRULY AN HYSTORICAL EVENT”, STATED MR. VALLE AND MR BORG.
TICKETS $50 EACH, CALL MACC 313 846 7077 313 846 7077 , BOT 313 702 9264 313 702 9264
OR THE BOX OFFICE 313 943 2354 313 943 2354 .
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO MALTESE COMMUNITY CLUB OF DEARBORN ( MACC )
NET PROCEEDS TO HELP THE UNDER PRIVELEDGED CHILDREN OF MALTA, JOSEPH CALLEJA’S FAVORITE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, AND THE SCULPTURE OF VINCENZO BELLINI BY SCULPTOR, GIULIANO ZUCCATO, TO BE PLACED IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF THE DETROIT OPERA HOUSE, HOME OF MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE.
CONTACT PAUL M. BORG 734 216 0224 734 216 0224
DINO VALLE 313 702 9264 313 702 9264 