Due to a scheduling conflict, world renowned tenor Russell Watson’s Australian tour, originally planned for this November, has been moved to February next year.
Consequently Russell Watson will now perform concerts, with a full orchestra, in Melbourne at the Regent Theatre on Thursday 23 February, in Sydney at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Sunday 26 February, and in Perth at the Burswood Theatre on Tuesday 28 February.
Ticket holders for the original Perth show, your current tickets will be valid for the new February date. Melbourne and Sydney ticket holders will be contacted directly via Ticketmaster to arrange a ticket exchange. Any further queries ticket holders are urged to call Ticketmaster on 136 100.
Russell Watson is the most successful British tenor of all time, he has sung for American presidents, Japanese emperors, British Royalty, an array of European Prime Ministers, Middle-Eastern Sultans, even the late Pope John Paul II who requested a private audience with Russell Watson at the Vatican. There have been eight albums, each one winning more praise than the one before. His first, The Voice, went to No. 1 in the US and the UK and won two Classical Brit awards. Encore was No. 1 in the UK classical charts for 30 weeks and Watson won another two Classical Brit Awards. Every Russell Watson UK release has gone Top 10 in the UK and among them he boasts two Double Platinum certifications, one Platinum and two Gold. But this album, Watson says, is special.
His current album, Russell’s Ninth, was recorded in June 2010 with the Roma Sinfonietta - Ennio Morricone’s orchestra of choice – and produced by Mike Hedges. Stronger, more driven and powerful, his renditions of some of the most loved songs of all time, including La Viva Senza Te, Mario Lanza’s Arrivederci Roma and Speak Softly Love (the theme from The Godfather) are as impressive as you’d expect from a man singing with, literally, a new lease of life after overcoming two life-threatening brain tumours.
Australian fans are in for an incredible night of song with the critics unanimous in their praise for Watson’s live performances:
"Watson has the audience eating out of his hands"
"The Voice is back … a superb performance"
"The audience didn't want to let him go .. He really is the people's tenor"
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