Not only is the town named Hail Mary because of sailors' prayers, but its church has literally developed into a vast repertoire of Marian devotional art.
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Soprano Diana Damrau features in
Grand Finale, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra s season-closing concert.
The online audio-visual production, shot at the iconic Fort Saint Elmo, features the MPO under the baton of José Cura in a star-studded event including the participation of bass Nicolas Testé and young Maltese artists Marvic Monreal and Charles Buttigieg.
Celebrating the grandeur of opera and majesty of voice,
Grand Finale will present vocal and symphonic numbers from operas and musical theatre by Italian, French and Russian composers amongst others.
Recorded at the historic venue overlooking the Grand Harbour, the production seeks to convey Malta’s beauty, also through a number of musical postcards shot at idyllic landmarks around the islands.