The Ten Tenors Brings the Power of Ten to Australia
When you get more than one tenor and they’re Australian and good looking and sing like the
heavens have opened, you get The Ten Tenors – Australia’s longest, continually running live
export and they’re coming home.
Confirmed to return with their latest installment, a brand new show called The Power Of Ten – a
hit overseas with sold-out shows in Europe, acclaimed by the critics and hailed as their best yet
– this show punches it up with renditions of rock songs like you’ve never heard them before,
including Meatloaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love and the famed Ike and Tina Turner rhythmic
rocker, River Deep, Mountain High.
They tip their hat to fellow Aussies, AC/DC, opening The Power Of Ten with the might of a tenmuscled-
voice-de-force, performing Thunderstruck in what is probably its most unique
incarnation in history.
“Ten voices, in full thundering flight, fill every corner of the room,” says Musical Director,
Graham Foote. “It really does hit you in the chest.”
The Ten Tenors’ The Power Of Ten will play an eleven date tour, kicking off on Mother’s Day in
Adelaide, will divert to New Zealand before heading to the Townsville Civic Theatre on May 30,
the Mackay Entertainment Centre on June 1, Rockhampton’s Pilbeam Theatre on June 2,
Maryborough’s Brolga Theatre on June 4, Brisbane’s Queensland Performing Arts Centre –
Concert Hall on June 6, Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre on June 7 and Sydney’s Sutherland
Entertainment Centre for two shows, June 9 and 10, before wrapping up with another two
shows in Melbourne at The Palms at Crown, June 11 and 12. *New shows since added. Listed at end.
Tickets for the Adelaide Mother’s Day 2pm matinee are on sale tomorrow, April 12, and East
coast concerts go on sale Monday April 19.
“This show is new and different and powerful,” continues Foote, also one of the classicallytrained,
twenty or thirty-something, handsome, personable Tenors.
“We wanted something right out of the gate that was going set the tone, that would introduce
the audience to the sound and build excitement.”
But it’s not all heart-thumping, chest-pounding boldness; the two hour The Power Of Ten is an
ebb and flow of rock’s greatest hits alongside classical favourites.
Their beautiful arrangement of the Seal hit Kiss From A Rose, through to the sung-in-Spanish,
passionate, suave and powerful En Aranjuez con tu Amore – a famous melody that is
deliberately “tenorial”; as well as their tribute to Pavarotti, the operatic song with soaring high
notes, Rondine al nido; to the famous operative aria and the boys’ hallmark, Vesti la Giubba
(perhaps the most famous after Nessun Dorma); to Queen’s The Show Must Go On, Paul
McCartney’s Live and Let Die and Sarah McLachlan’s Angel, to any of the other incredible
moments that fill this stunning show, The Ten Tenors’ The Power Of Ten is a unique blend of
high-octane arias and kick-driven rock classics, decanted with divine tenderness.
The Ten Tenors’ huge, operatic|pop interpretation of the Eurythmics’ 80’s chart-topper, There
Must Be An Angel, quite simply makes the soul soar.
And, as they are, and have been before, The Ten Tenors, renowned for their on-stage
larrikinism, will be encouraging audiences to cheer, whistle, clap and shout and make as much
noise as they possibly can.
A US reviewer commented of the show, “The Ten Tenors may come from the land down under.
But they’re experts in over-the-top showmanship.”
If it’s true, as they sing, “a long way to the top if you want to Rock-n-Roll”, then it’s short and
fast, it seems, if you want to Rock-n-Opera it, ten-fold, Tenor-style.
Emerging from their tenth professional year, The Ten Tenors have released eight albums, sold
more than 1.3 million of them and gone multi-platinum; they’ve released four live concert DVDs
and are set to release another one later this year from Spain; have performed more than 1,700
international concerts in 21 countries on six continents and sold in excess of 3.3 million concert
tickets.
They’ve performed in Petra at the King of Jordan’s birthday party, officiated the Tennis Open in
Germany, performed Australia’s national anthem at the prematch openers for two AFL Grand
Finals and, the Melbourne Cup. They’ve opened Michigan State’s Grid Iron Grand Final and
performed a benefit in the US for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. They even acquainted
Americans with the started-in-Oz charity fund-raiser Movember, sporting “tashes” and inspiring
curiosity during their media interviews in November last year.
In January they went Top 30 on the Spanish Charts with Orquesta de RTVE and this coming May
and June, pumped high on the power, The Ten Tenors will return home with a brand new show
unlike any they’ve ever done before.
The Power Of Ten – for those about to Rock-n-Opera, we salute you!
Adelaide
Sunday, 9 May - FESTIVAL THEATRE - 2pm
Tickets: BASS | 131 246 | www.bass.net.au
Townsville
Sunday, 30 May - CIVIC THEATRE - 2pm
Tickets: TicketShop | (07) 4727 9797
Mackay
Tuesday, 1 June - MACKAY ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE - 7:30pm
(07) 4961 9777 | www.mackaytix.com.au
Rockhampton
Wednesday, 2 June - PILBEAM THEATRE - 7:30pm
Tickets: Dial ‘n’ Charge (07) 4927 4111 |www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au
Maryborough
Friday, 4 June - BROLGA FESTIVAL THEATRE - 7:30 PM
Tickets: (07) 4122 6060 | www.brolgatheatre.org
Brisbane
Sunday, 6 June - QPAC - Concert Hall – 2pm
Sunday, 6 June - QPAC - Concert Hall – 7:30pm *NEW SHOW ADDED*
Tickets: QTIX | 136 246 | www.qpac.com.au
Toowoomba
Monday, 7 June - EMPIRE THEATRE - 7:30pm
Tickets: 1300 655 299 | www.empiretheatre.com.au
Sutherland
Wednesday, 9 June - SUTHERLAND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE - 1pm
Thursday, 10 June - SUTHERLAND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE - 7:30pm
Tickets: Book at the Venue | (02) 9521 8888 | www.suthentcent.com.au
Melbourne
Friday, 11 June - THE PALMS AT CROWN - 7:30pm
Saturday, 12 June - THE PALMS AT CROWN - 7:30pm
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au | 132 849
Ballarat
Monday, 14 June - HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE - 7:30pm *NEW SHOW ADDED*
Tickets: Majestix | (03) 5333 5888 | www.hermaj.com
Gold Coast
Thursday 17 June | THE ARTS CENTRE GOLD COAST - 7:30pm *NEW SHOW ADDED*
Tickets: Book at the Venue | (07) 5588 4000 | www.theartscentregc.com.au
