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12 Tenors to grace Sz

Updated: 2015-10-09
Source: Shenzhen Daily

  The Twelve Tenors will sing a unique selection of pop, opera, swing and rock in an exciting show that has won them legions of fans worldwide.
  The two-hour show will feature a wicked combination of high notes and good looks from a dozen mostly Irish tenors. Unlike The Three Tenors (Placido Domingo, the late Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carrera), whose repertory strayed from opera only to popular folk songs, this concoction features only two oversung arias: “Nessun Dorma,” which lives up to its name because, with them competing for the high notes, no one could sleep through it and “Toreador.”


  But the main emphasis of these dudes in suits is pop, jig-dancing Irish classics and favorites (“Danny Boy,” “Phil the Fluter’s Ball”), medleys celebrating the Rat Pack, Queen, Barry Manilow, the Beatles, Bette Midler and “Les Miserables,” the obligatory “O Sole Mio,” and male-bonding drinking songs like “Finiculi, Funicula” and “Drink, Drink, Drink” from “The Student Prince.” A very peppy version of “The Rhythm of Life” shows off their harmonies.
  A cross between a boys’ band, glee club and men’s choir, the 12 tenors seem born to serenade a captivated audience.
  Time: 8 p.m., Oct. 10
  Tickets: 100-480 yuan
  Venue: Shenzhen Poly Theater, intersection of Wenxin Road 5 and Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District (南山区后海滨路与文心五路交界处深圳保利剧院)
  Metro: Shekou Line, Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E