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The Tenors | |
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| Also known as | The Canadian Tenors |
| Origin | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
| Genres | Operatic pop |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Canada, Decca Verve |
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| Website | tenorsmusic.com |
The Tenors (formerly known as The Canadian Tenors) are a vocal group consisting of Victor Micallef, Clifton Murray, Alberto Urso, and Mark Masri. They perform operatic pop music that is a mixture of classical and pop, featuring songs such as "The Prayer", Panis angelicus,[1] and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.[2]
Originating from Canada, Micallef and Masri from Toronto, Urso from Sicily, and Murray from Port McNeill, the Tenors have performed on more than 60 international television programs. They appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show with Celine Dion in 2010,[3] at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2011,[4] and on ITV's Diamond Jubilee Show at Windsor Castle for Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. They also appeared on the 2009 and 2016 Grey Cup broadcasts, on CBC Television's Holiday Festival of Ice,[5] and at the 85th Annual Rockefeller Tree Lighting which aired on NBC on November 29, 2017.
The venues they have performed in include Carnegie Hall in New York,[6] the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC,[6] the Israeli Opera House in Tel Aviv, and the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
They have shared the stage with Sarah McLachlan,[7] Neil Young,[8] Paul Anka,[9] Justin Bieber,[9] Charice,[10] Paul McCartney,[11] Brian McKnight, David Foster,[7] Natalie Cole, and Jackie Evancho.[12]
Universal Music Group released their platinum-selling self-titled debut album and double-platinum holiday album, The Perfect Gift, in November 2009. The Tenors filmed a PBS special at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts that began airing in 2012.[13]
The Canadian Tenors were renamed The Tenors in November 2012 in advance of their third album, Lead with Your Heart.[14] Also in 2012, The Tenors signed a US distribution deal with Verve Records.
Lead with Your Heart went platinum in Canada in seven weeks. The album garnered a 2013 JUNO Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year [15] and a JUNO nomination for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award for Bob Ezrin's production of "Forever Young". Lead with Your Heart was featured on Katie, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, ET Canada, CNN Morning Live, e-Talk and FOX & Friends.
With the departure of Fraser Walters from the group in July 2022, The Tenors add Canada's Mark Masri and Italy's Alberto Urso in August to continue as 4 singers.
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