Canadian Tenors perform locally Tuesday

The Canadian Tenors will stroll into Crescent City on Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. concert at Crescent Elk Auditorium. (Submitted)

The Canadian Tenors will take the stage at Crescent Elk Auditorium on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

The four powerful and talented tenor voices are presented by the Del Norte-Curry Community concert Association as the second concert in its  celebration of its 60th season.

The sought-after export from Canada combines diverse vocal styles, undeniable charm and an eclectic blend of classical and contemporary pop. Its repertoire is sung not only in English and French, but also in Spanish and Italian reflecting its multicultural heritage.

The tenors have toured the globe from the Tel Aviv opera house where they shared the stage with Andrea Bocelli to Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, where they headlined at “One Night Live with Sting and Sheryl Crow.”

They recently filmed a documentary where their voices united with local children to bring awareness of the African village of Bulembu, Swaziland, a town being reborn after years of suffering.

This fall, the Tenors will be filming a PBS special for American television.

 The group will release its self-titled album in the U.S. on Nov. 3 through Decca Records. The album already went Gold in Canada.

“A founder consciously searched all across Canada to find the best voices with unique sounds and styles that would blend for a special sound,” said Clifton Murray in a telephone interview. He was added to the group nine months ago to complete that blend.

“You have to find the four guys with chemistry to sing and work together, to mesh well and blend and willing to commit 15 years,” Murray said.

Murray was an actor by trade first (“Boston Legal” and “Smallville”) singing gospel music on the side as well as writing music, before he sent in a demo to the Tenors audition.

Another member, Victor Micallef, studied piano and voice in a conservatory setting. He went to Italy for eight months to study and ended up staying six years, performing opera before returning to The Canadian Opera for two years and then joining the Tenors project.

Remigio Pereira speaks five languages and is a singer of opera.  He was a classically trained guitarist first and played guitar and sang with family all his life. Remigio had been quite a “guitar head,” playing rock music before he started singing seriously at age 22.

Fraser Walters used his well- trained voice as a member of the men’s a cappella group, Chanticleer, for three years before bringing a classical sound to the Tenors. He had also done a stage production of “The Lord of the Rings.”

In addition to a wide U.S. concert tour, the group is touring with David Foster, a 15-time Grammy-winning producer who proclaimed: “These guys are following the footsteps of my other protégé’s, Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli.”

Ann Donati with the Del Norte-Curry Community Concert Association can be reached at 707-464-3368.

If you go 

WHAT: The Canadian Tenors,  Crescent Elk Auditorium, 994 G St., Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS:  Single admission tickets available at door: adult $15 student $5. Season memberships still available: adult $45, student $5, Family $100

INFORMATION: Call 707-458-3373, 465-6572, or 541-469-4158