A Maltese travel company based in Germany, Mehrmalta, will be holding a festival of Maltese culture at the prestigious Alte Oper in Frankfurt on June 14 in collaboration with the Malta Tourism Authority.

Called Festa Opera Malta, the festival will feature the island's cultural aspects including art, music, gastronomy or trade.

The event will include the participation of tenor Joseph Calleja with his wife soprano Tatiana Lisnic accompanied by pianist Brian Schembri.

The band Etnika will perform outside the opera house as part of the Opernplatzfest festivities.

Etnika's music revives local music traditions and instruments such as il-flejguta and iż-żaqq and project their use to contemporary performances.

Sculptures by Joe Genovese and Mario Sammut will be on display.

Several Maltese firms and German institutions will take part with the collaboration of Malta Enterprise.

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