Ġawhar Misjub – Discovered Gems

These are discovered gems indeed! It gives me great pleasure to be able to present yet another College production with the efforts and contributions from the specialised schools of the visual and performing arts (schools of Drama, Dance, Music and Art) through the artistic platform Belt il‑Bniedem and this time with the collaboration of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Mdina Cathedral.

Following the production of the first Opera‑Film in Maltese BLAT – The Island Fortress, premiered in June of 2022, we are now presenting the project Ġawhar Misjub, literally meaning Discovered Gems, which focuses on the operatic music of late Maltese composers.

Today’s concert is the first part in this project and presents some of the pieces in this production in concert form with 5 professional performers.

Since most of these pieces have not been performed in modern times, we are doing this as a taster for the second part of the production which will be in May 2023. This will see the pieces fully staged with costumes, set, lighting, a chamber orchestra, a choir and all the elements needed for a full production.

Download the Booklet of the following link:
http://mikielantonvassallicollege.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mikiel-Anton-Vassalli-Booklet-proof.pdf