Teddy Tahu Rhodes to tour "From Broadway to La Scala"

Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Méphistophélès and in The King and I

Australia's popular show "From Broadway to La Scala" is back and hitting the road with Kiwi barihunk Teddy Tahu Rhodes in the cast. The national tour, which runs from September 14-28, will stop in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne before culminating at the Sydney Opera House.

Rhodes will be heard in selections from Carousel, The Sound of Music, The Pearl Fishers, Sweeney Todd, Fiddler of the Roof, Carmen and West Side Story. He'll be joined by hunkentenors Alexander Lewis and David Hobson, soprano Emma Matthews, Caroline O'Connor and Genevieve Kingsford.

Tickets are available online.

After the tour, Rhodes can be seen as Lord Sidney in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims and Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust at Opera Australia.

Rhodes is the recipient of several major awards. In 2004, he received an ARIA award for Best Classical Recording for his CD The Voice, and in 2006 he was the winner of the Limelight Award for Best Performance by a Soloist with an Orchestra for his Australian tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In 2008 he won a Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in an Opera for his role in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking and the Laureate Award from the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.

Teddy Tahu Rhodes announced for "From Broadway to La Scala"

Teddy Tahu Rhodes in South Pacific

New Zealand barihunk Teddy Tahu Rhodes, who is one of this generations most successful singers to bridge the world of Broadway musicals and opera, will be performing in "From Broadway to La Scala" as part of the Christchurch Arts Festival.

The show will feature music by Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Gershwin and Cole Porter and will have a limited run this Fall. It opens in Auckland on September 15, before traveling to Wellington and Christchurch. The star of South Pacific will be joined by film and cabaret star Jennifer Ward-Lealand, hunkentenor David Hobson and soprano Greta Bradman.

The singers will be backed by players from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra Wellington and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in each respective city under the musical direction of Vanessa Scammell. 

Tickets for the Auckland performance are available through Ticketmaster and for the Wellington and Christchurch concerts, through Ticketek.

Share the stage with Teddy Tahu Rhodes

 

Limelight magazine and AMcK Fine Entertainment are inviting one lucky singer to perform with tenor David Hobson and barihunk Teddy Tahu Rhodes during their Encore concert at the Sydney Opera House on November 4, 2011. 

If you live in Australia and want to be considered, upload a short video (no more than one minute in length) of yourself singing a short a piece of light opera, musical theatre or folksong. It can be a cappella or with accompaniment. The two singers will personally select their guest from the entrants. 

• Entrants should briefly state their full name, location and age before singing. 
• Please note videos must not be longer than one minute in duration and must show the singer performing. Audio recordings alone will not be accepted, and any videos deemed to be dubbed, lip-synced or sung over an existing vocal performance will not be eligible. 
• Submit to Limelight using the online entry form or as a YouTube link sent to editors(at)limelightmagazine.com.au with "David & Teddy" in the subject line. 
• You must be over 18 and submit by midnight Friday October 21, 2011.

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Hunkentenor David Hobson and barihunk Teddy Tahu Rhodes have just recorded an album of duets, which is due out shortly. They are taking their show on the road throughout Australia. Unfortuantely, there are no plans for a U.S. or European tour.

Shouldn't this be out on DVD, not CD?

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