Cliff Zammit Stevens concert with Malta Philharmonic

Having graduated from the Royal College of Music in London, Cliff Zammit Stevens has quickly made a name for himself in the UK’s fast-paced operatic scene.

His first performance in PopUp Opera’s production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore stole the show, with The Daily Express calling his rendition ‘a revelation’, The Times commenting that he ‘blew [them] away with Nemorino’s duets and arias’, and the influential Opera Magazine sealing the deal by saying that he ‘shows exceptional promise’

Now, Maltese-born Cliff is set to return to his home country to star in his seventh, annual summer concert. This time round, he will also be accompanied by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, making it his biggest solo concert to date.

Cliff Zammit Stevens Concert with MPO will also see Cliff perform duets with guest soprano Hannah Sandison, who is the winner of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Governors Recital Prize for singing.

The programme for the night will be a joy for all opera lovers, with pieces composed by Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Monteverdi, Donizetti, Verdi, and Rodgers & Hammerstein, among others, making the cut.

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be under the baton of the Royal College of Music professor and the artistic advisor for Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells, Natalie Murray Beale. Mro Murray is renowned for conducting the new opera commission We Are Shadows at the Spitalfields Festival, which was the winner of the Royal Society Award in 2012.

While in Malta, Cliff has also performed with the world-renowned tenor Joseph Calleja and global superstar Anastacia, during the Annual Maltese Summer Concert, at the Luxol Grounds in Pembroke on Monday 3 August.

Tickets for Cliff Zammit Stevens Concert with the MPO, which will take place on Friday 4 September at the Renzo Piano re-designed Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta, can be purchased from www.ticketline.com.mt.

This concert is supported by the Malta Tourism Authority, XFM and WriteMeAnything.com. More information about Cliff can be found at www.cliffzammitstevens.com.