THE TEN TENORSWish You Were Here

Tuesday, March 13, 2018; 7:30 pmWednesday, March 14, 2018; 2 & 7:30 pm

The Ten Tenors:Cameron Barclay, Daniel Belle, James Watkinson, Keane Fletcher, Michael Edwards, Nigel Huckle,Paul Gelsumini, Adrian Li Donni, Jared Newall, Florian Voss, JD Smith (Swing Tenor)

Drummer................................................................Trent Bryson-DeanGuitarist...................................................................................David OrrPianist........................................................................Benjamin Kiehne

Producer.................................................................................D-J WendtMusical Director..............................................................Steven BakerTouring Musical Director..........................................Paul GelsuminiChoreographer.............................................................Keane FletcherTour Manager/FOH Sound..........................................Rupert PletzerProduction Manager.....................................Katie Mackay-BrookerLighting Designer......................................................Jamie SchmidtMonitors Engineer.........................................................Ed McGloganSound Technician/Stage Manager..............................Jamie TaylorProduction Assistant/Merchandise......................Melinda Stanley

North American Representation...............................Opus 3 Artists

Wish You Were HereA celebration of legends

featuring the music of David Bowie, Prince, Amy Winehouse, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston and more.

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ABOUTThe TEN Tenors are undoubtedly one of Australia’s greatest entertainment success stories, with more than 90 million people worldwide witnessing their unmistakable charm, camaraderie and vocal power. Following 20 years of sell-out performances across the globe, including more than 2500 of their own headline concerts, The TEN Tenors have cemented their place as Australia’s premier classical-crossover group.

Celebrated for their colorful repertoire, breathtaking arrangements, and powerful live performances, The TEN Tenors respectfully tip their hats not only to the great classical composers, but to contemporary music’s most popular artists. From Queen, Bowie, Lennon and Winehouse, an evening with The TEN Tenors is guaranteed to surprise and delight in equal measure.

Amidst their own explosive live concert experiences and remarkable achievements, including six platinum and gold records and over 3.5 million concert tickets sold, The TEN Tenors have also performed alongside countless music legends including Andrea Bocelli, André Rieu, John Travolta, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Keith Urban, Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, Sarah Brightman, Willie Nelson, Katherine Jenkins and Christina Aguilera.

They’re no strangers to television either, with iconic appearances on some of the world’s biggest broadcast events including performing exclusively for chat show queen Oprah Winfrey on Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure, appearing on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon for an audience of 32 million viewers, and Poland 2012 UEFA Cup in Warsaw. Arena Der Stars 2002 and 2005.

Long-time member and Musical Director of The TEN Tenors, Paul Gelsumini says “So many people come to our show the first time expecting arias or standard crossover repertoire, but it only takes one song for them to realize this is not like any other tenor show out there and they better be ready to laugh, cry and party like they are at a rock concert.”

The group’s producer, D-J Wendt, adds “We like to think audiences come to our show to hear arias and classical pieces, we will always give you a little of that but be ready to have fun and party with ten very good looking Aussie blokes that know how to have fun, but more than that, know how to create an ensemble sound like no other group can achieve.”

PROGRAM

Wish You Were Here includes (in alphabetical order):

"Amigos Para Siempre""Bohemian Rhapsody""Buongiorno Principessa""Cancion Del Mariachi""Diva Medley""En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor""Granada""Hallelujah""Heroes"

"Imagine""Jersey Boys Medley""Just The Way You Are""La Danza""Never Tear Us Apart""Nothing Compares 2 U""Six Ribbons""The Boxer""Unchained Melody""Valerie""Waltzing Matilda""We Are The Champions""Wish You Were Here"

Repertoire is not in order of performance and is subject to change.

HEADSHOTS

CAMERON BARCLAY DANIEL BELLE JAMES WATKINSON

KEANE FLETCHER MICHAEL EDWARDS NIGEL HUCKLE

PAUL GELSUMINI ADRIAN LI DONNI JARED NEWALL

FLORIAN VOSS JD SMITH (Swing Tenor)

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BIOSPAUL GELSUMINIPaul completed a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) from Monash University and a Diploma of Arts (Music Theatre) from APO Arts Academy. Before joining The TEN Tenors, Paul also studied in Tuscany, Italy where he performed as a guest soloist at the inaugural Puccini Festival. Paul joined The TEN Tenors in 2011 and is the current Touring Musical Director. Credits include co-vocal and vocal production on the The TEN Tenors albums Home for the Holidays, On Broadway, and Wish You Were Here. Paul is currently the longest serving member of the group. Paul wishes to thank his fiancée, family and friends for their on-going love and support throughout the years. Follow Paul on Instagram: @paulgelly

KEANE FLETCHERA graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Keane made his debut with The TEN Tenors in 2010 and has since gone on to appear with them in theatres, stadiums and concert halls all over the world. He can be heard on their most recent album Wish You Were Here which reached #1 on the ARIA Classical/Crossover charts, as well as Our Christmas Wish (ARIA Top 100 Albums of 2015), On Broadway, Double Platinum, and Nostalgica. His television appearances with the group include Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure, NBC’S The Today Show, The Melbourne Cup, Ready Steady Cook, Sunrise, and the opening of the UEFA CUP in Warsaw. His other theatre credits include the Australian tour of We Will Rock You (GFO) understudying and performing the lead role of Galileo, The 27 Club (The Butterfly Club), Merrily We Roll Along (Watch This), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Live Theatre Prod.), Altar Boyz (Precedent Prod.), Hello Again (Darlinghurst Theatre), and The Good Fight for the New York Music Theatre Festival.

MICHAEL EDWARDSMichael began singing at age eight when he joined the Australian Boys Choral Institute, an organisation he continued to be involved with for fifteen years. As a chorister, Michael has sung with numerous choirs including the National Youth Choir of Australia, the Adelaide Chamber Singers, and The Consort of Melbourne. In 2013, Michael graduated from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music, majoring in classical voice. During his time at the Conservatorium, Michael’s vocal quartet was awarded the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Chamber Music Prize, and in 2014, came in second in the state-wide 3MBS radio competition, ‘The Talent.’ Most recently in 2016, they were featured finalists in the Great Romantics Competition hosted by the Melbourne Recital Centre. Michael has performed as part of the Victorian Youth Opera program; in their workshop of Assembly, their production of The Play of Daniel, and in the world premiere of The Grumpiest Boy in the World. With the Victorian Opera Chorus, Michael has performed in numerous Gala concerts, as well as main stage productions of Nixon in China, La Traviata, and I Pagliacci. In 2015, Michael performed in Victorian Opera’s ANZAC centenary production, Remembrance, touring Melbourne and regional Victoria. Michael joined The TEN Tenors in 2014, and has travelled throughout Australia, Europe, USA, South Korea and South America. Follow Michael on Instagram: @mikeyjedwards

CAMERON BARCLAYCameron Barclay is a graduate of both the University of Aucklandand the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington, where he

studied singing, French and Italian. He was a 2010/2011 PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist for NBR New Zealand Opera and was also a member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus for three years. Cameron has performed extensively throughout New Zealand on both opera and concert stage, and some of his recent highlights include performing in Ken Hill’s Original Phantom of the Opera in Tokyo, Japan; performing the role of Frederic in the New Zealand Tour of The Pirates of Penzance, singing the National Anthem of Argentina for their match against the All Blacks in Wellington, New Zealand and recording Margaret Wegener’s Ode to a Nightingale with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the first recording of this work. His operatic roles include Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Peter Quint/Prologue (The Turn of the Screw), the title role in Candide; the title role in Albert Herring and Beppe (I Pagliacci). Cameron’s concert and oratorio repertoire includes Messiah (Handel); Missa Solemnis (Beethoven), Creation (Haydn), Magnificat (Bach) and Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings (Britten). Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Cameron also lived and went to school in Avellino, Italy, which he considers to be his second home. He is very proud to be the first New Zealander in this Australian-based group. Follow Cameron on Instagram: @cambarclay

JARED NEWALL Growing up in Perth, Jared fell in love with music theatre at an early age. Some of Jared’s early credits include Oliver, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity and Les Misérables. Jared began his professional music theatre career in 2007 as part of the tribe in Hair: The American Tribal Love – Rock Musical. Later that year he performed the role of Steve in Rent. In 2008, Jared moved to Victoria to attend the University of Ballarat, to study Music Theatre. During his time in Ballarat, Jared had the opportunity to play Homer Collins in Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins, Joseph ‘Jojo’ Morse in Cy Coleman’s The Life and Muzzy’s Boy/Ensemble in Thoroughly Modern Millie. His highlight was the chance to play the role of Bobby Strong in Urinetown, under the direction of Tom Healey. After graduating in 2010, Jared was cast in the Australasian Premiere season of It’s Only Life. He worked closely with the show’s composer, John Bucchino, who also accompanied the piece. In early 2011, Jared played the role of David in the concert version of Milk and Honey, as part of their Jerry Herman Triptych. This year marks Jared’s 8th year touring with The TEN Tenors, and each year has been better than the last. Follow Jared on Instagram: @jarednewallmusic

DANIEL BELL Few Australian artists can claim, at just 34 years of age, to have had the musical success of Daniel Bell. Boasting a professional career that has taken him throughout Australia, Europe and North America, Daniel has amazed audiences throughout the western world in their thousands, and is now widely considered one of the finest voices in the Australian Music Theatre industry. Born and raised in Sydney, Daniel now holds a Bachelor of Music (Performance), having studied at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Australian Institute of Music. After completing his training, Daniel was asked to join the internationally acclaimed vocal group, The TEN Tenors. Performing with The TEN Tenors Double Platinum tour, Daniel has sung throughout Australia, Europe and The United States to critical acclaim. Daniel is also featured on The TEN Tenors Christmas album Our Christmas Wish as well as the follow up On Broadway, and most recently, the Wish You Were Here album. Daniel has an enviable list of

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musical theatre credits to his name. In 2009, he joined the cast of Jerry Springer the Opera at the Sydney Opera House, before his departure for the European tour of the Ten Tenors. Upon his return, Daniel was cast as the understudy Jean Valjean in the Australian National production of Les Misérables, performing the role hundreds of times throughout the country. He continued to the Asian tour, performing the role in Manila, Singapore and Dubai before his return to Australia. Daniel played the role of Terry in the Australian premiere production of Sideshow at the Hayes theatre, and joined the cast of My Fair Lady, at the Capitol theatre in Sydney, covering the role of Freddy at the end of 2017.

FLORIAN VOSSFlorian made his stage debut as Tamino (The Magic Flute) at the Kindermusikfest in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Other engagements led him to the Monschau Open-Air Classic-Festival, the Mosel Music Festival and the Internationale Schlossfestspiele Ludwigsburg, where he recently performed as Melot in Tristan and Isolde under the directorship of Michael Hofstetter. From 2011 until 2013 Florian Voss sung as a permanent member of the Metropolitan Theatre of Gießen (Acis and Galthea). In the Summer of 2013, Florian Voss performed the role of Don José (Opera Stage of Castle Maxlrain/conductor: Richard van Schoor) and Belmonte at the Opera Festival of Bad Hersfeld. Following that, he became a member of the ensemble of the Royal Opera House Stockholm, where he was chosen for a Scholarship of the Järnström-Sundbergs Operastiftelse by the Royal Opera House. He has also been awarded as the prize-winner of the renowned International Singing Competition, Schloss Rheinsberg at Deutsche Oper Berlin.

JAMES WATKINSONJames is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Marketing) at The University of Melbourne. Having music and singing in the house from the day he was born, James has been singing for most of his life in school choirs, musical theatre and his high school rock band. Last year, James played Frank Abagnale Jr in OCPAC’s Catch Me If You Can, for which he received the award for Best Male in a Leading Role at the 2016 Music Theatre Guild of Victoria (MGTV) awards. He was also nominated for an MGTV award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance as Chuck in Footloose in 2015. Last Year, James was selected to perform at Matthew Lee Robinson’s New Voices. Other credits include: Launchpad Drama’s Starbound (2013-16), CLOC’s WICKED (2016) and Company Eleven’s They’re Playing Our Song (2017). James would like to acknowledge Rosemarie Harris and Paul Gelsumini for their wonderful tutelage. James made his professional debut with The TEN Tenors in 2017, and wants to thank all the people that encouraged him to pursue singing throughout his youth, especially his grandfather Russel Martin, who was always James' biggest fan.

ADRIAN LI DONNIGreenroom award winner, Adrian Li Donni is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York. Adrian has played the ill-fated lover Lun Tha in The King and I for numerous companies across the globe. These include the newly restored The King and I for Lyric Stage in Texas, The Production Company in Melbourne, a UK/Ireland tour for Curve Theatre, and in the more recent GFO and Opera Australia national tour (Sydney Opera House debut). Favourite productions include: a concert tour of Broadway to Australia – An evening with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens,

Festival of Broadway – An Evening with Stephen Schwartz, Jesus Christ Superstar in Slovenia, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (Le Fou) at Melbourne Zoo, The Art Centre Gold Coast’s production of Miss Saigon (The Engineer), and Pacific Overtures (Kayama) for which he received a Greenroom Award for best supporting actor. Adrian would like to thank his ever-supportive family, partner, friends, teachers and the team at Ian White Management for their love and guidance.

NIGEL HUCKLENigel Huckle is an Australian-born singer and actor, raised in Roanoke, Virginia via Singapore. He has performed in venues across the world, most notably with the international touring company of Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Les Misérables as Feuilly (1st cover – Enjolras) in 2016, which included runs in Manila, Singapore, and in the inaugural season of the illustrious Dubai Opera. He joins The TEN Tenors having previously performed with esteemed companies across the globe, most recently as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! with Australia's The Production Company, Lt. Cable in South Pacific at the Tony Award®-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Mr. One in Adding Machine with B-side Theatricals in New York City. He trained at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, having sung in shows across the musical theatre canon and with Shenandoah’s GRAMMY® Award-winning Conservatory Choir in their performance of Brahms’ Requiem. Follow Nigel on social media: https://www.facebook.com/nigelhuckleofficial; Twitter: @NigelHuckle; Instagram:@NigelHuckle

JD SMITH (Swing Tenor)JD Smith has been a singer/performer since he was a young kid. As a songwriter, he has recorded many solo albums, including Invite Me Places which he toured extensively around Australia promoting. He graduated from the Arts Academy Ballarat, with a Musical Theatre performance degree. He was an original cast member in the Australian production of Wicked and performed in the show for four years as the role of Boq. He also toured in the recent production of Dirty Dancing, understudying Mark Vincent in the role of Billy, and playing the role in its Adelaide season. He has been a featured singer at Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne and the Carols in the Domain in Sydney, as well as performing in his hometown of Albury. He has been a lead singer on Royal Caribbean cruise ships, fronted bands Snag and Freeze Frame, recorded backing vocals for many artists and has supported Australian musicians Pete Murray and The Whitlams, to name a few. JD has recorded and co-written with Tania Doko (Bachelor Girl) and Cameron McGlinchey (Rogue Traders). Most recently he recorded a new solo covers album The Sea of Tears. JD has been a part of the TEN Tenors since 2015, Wish You Were Here is his first album with the Tenors and he is excited to be a part of the group for their Wish You Were Here tour. Tonight, he dedicates his performance to his wife Emma and their first newborn son, Morrison. Follow JD on social media: Facebook.com/jdsmithmuso; Instagram: jdsmithmuso; twitter.com/jdsmithmuso