At only 25 years of age, Aria Award winning singer Anthony Callea has definitely cemented his name in Australia as one of this country’s favourite and most recognised singers and performers. With his debut single The Prayer being Australia’s fastest and highest selling single of all time with sales in excess of 4 x platinum and being at the top of the charts for an amazing 5 weeks, he has proven to be one of this country’s most successful recording artists.Anthony followed his debut single with another multi-platinum number 1 single Rain/Bridge Over Troubled Water and a self-titled multi-platinum number 1 album. Anthony again scored himself another two top 10 hits off his debut album with Hurts so Bad and Per Sempre. He embarked on an international song writing trip for his latest top 10 album A New Chapter that features two top 20 singles with Live for Love and Addicted To You. Anthony also released a Live Concert DVD which debuted at No 3 on the Aria DVD Charts and went Platinum and later screened as a television music special on Foxtel. He also recorded the song Healing of the Heart for the soundtrack of Walt Disney’s Bambi 2 along with international artists Martina McBride and Alison Krauss. Anthony has embarked on two of his own successful national concert tours to sell-out crowds and appeared as special guest for touring international superstars including Ms Diana Ross, Westlife and more recently Celine Dion. Anthony has also performed for a host of international dignitaries including the late Luciano Pavarotti, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark.
Anthony has appeared on many special television events such as the Logies, Australia Day Concert, The Arias, Good Friday Appeals and the Perth Telethon to name a few. His true ‘entertaining’ skills have recently been witnessed by millions of viewers on Channel Seven’s It Takes Two getting to the finals in Series 2 with FOX FM’s Jo Stanley and in Series 3 with Iron Woman Candice Falzon.
September 2007 saw Anthony tread the boards in his first musical production at the State Theatre in Sydney . He played a supporting role in Dead Man Walking, the true story of Sister Helen Prejean. This acclaimed opera production was directed by Nigel Jamieson (Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony).
In November 2007 Anthony played the role of Mark in Perth’s musical production of Rent alongside Tim Campbell and Nikki Webster.
Anthony has accumulated a string of awards including an Aria Award along with 3 other Aria nominations, Channel V Artist of the Year, Pop Republic Artist of the Year, an MTV Viewers’ Choice Award, Variety’s Young Entertainer of the Year, MO Award, Dolly Teen Choice Award and a Gospel Music Award.
Anthony is currently working on his 3rd album through SonyBMG which is due for release later in 2008.
Anthony has appeared on many special television events such as the Logies, Australia Day Concert, The Arias, Good Friday Appeals and the Perth Telethon to name a few. His true ‘entertaining’ skills have recently been witnessed by millions of viewers on Channel Seven’s It Takes Two getting to the finals in Series 2 with FOX FM’s Jo Stanley and in Series 3 with Iron Woman Candice Falzon.
September 2007 saw Anthony tread the boards in his first musical production at the State Theatre in Sydney . He played a supporting role in Dead Man Walking, the true story of Sister Helen Prejean. This acclaimed opera production was directed by Nigel Jamieson (Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony).
In November 2007 Anthony played the role of Mark in Perth’s musical production of Rent alongside Tim Campbell and Nikki Webster.
Anthony has accumulated a string of awards including an Aria Award along with 3 other Aria nominations, Channel V Artist of the Year, Pop Republic Artist of the Year, an MTV Viewers’ Choice Award, Variety’s Young Entertainer of the Year, MO Award, Dolly Teen Choice Award and a Gospel Music Award.
Anthony is currently working on his 3rd album through SonyBMG which is due for release later in 2008.
Anthony is very excited to be part of WICKED and can’t wait to share this magical musical experience with you all.
Credit: wickedthemusical.com
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