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from the previous year 'Golden Boy' and he officially released his new single and music video 'Escape'. For the joy of the fans present during the event he performed a duet with his mentor Glen Vella with their cover of the song 'Fly on the Wings of Love'. Calleja was also invited to perform again on the
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He played many main roles in various musicals and/or pageants over the years, on the local stage, including: 'Aida', 'Rumpilstilskin', 'Barnuza Blu', 'Katrin tal-Imdina', 'The
Pantomime Sossy u Tezor Mitluf', 'Carmen', 'Dracula' and 'Star Child'. All this led him into having a leading role at the
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Christmas official re-make of 'Ninni La Tibkix
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is a Maltese singer. He started his singing career at the age of 11. Calleja is a resident singer, for the 5th year in a row, on 'Hadd Ghalik' which is aired on the national Maltese television channel
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