Australia's most famous musical export, THE TEN TENORS, bring their lavish celebration of vocal power back to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with their NOSTALGICA WORLD TOUR 2009 - a rousing musical tribute from the land down under on Friday November 6th at 8PM.
The internationally-acclaimed singing sensation The Ten Tenors have now been seen by over 90 million people on four continents, selling out shows and winning hearts with their unmistakable charm, camaraderie and vocal power in opera, pop, rock and more.
They have appeared on ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" season finale as well as performing alongside such diverse artists as Rod Stewart, Andrea Boccelli, Alanis Morissette, Willie Nelson, and Christina Aguilera to name but a few.
Graham Foote the shows musical director says, "Nostalgica" is not only a songbook journey through the hits of the 20th century by the artists that made them great, but also a track through The Ten Tenors' decade long history - a 'Greatest Hits' tour with a twist." With them performing songs from Mexican best-sellers to post-war classics to jazz, including "Granada", "You'll Never Walk Alone" & Louis Armstrong's classic, "What A Wonderful World". Also included is their all-time, most requested song, "Danny Boy "and "Besame Mucho".
Their CD "One Is Not Enough" reached the Top 10 on the European pop charts and they were invited by Disney to record the theme song "Jungle Rhythm" for the film Jungle Book 2 (2003). They have been awarded 'Best Artist Pop Meets Classics Award' by the Radio Hamburg Awards and received The Variety Group of the Year Award at the 29th Annual Australian Entertainment MO Awards. They have achieved multi-platinum status for both their DVDs and CDs in countries around the globe.
Dinner is available prior to the show at Michael's at the Van Wezel by calling (941) 366-0007 or www.bestfood.com.
Tickets for Ten Tenors may be purchased at the Van Wezel Box Office, by calling (941) 953-3368 or by logging onto www.vanwezel.org. Ten Tenors performance is sponsored by Lakewood Ranch.
Tickets: $10-$55
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