Selections from this concert include
Offenbach, Bizet, and Lerner &
Loewe

 

September 29, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
September 30, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
Chrysler Theatre

Tickets: $56-$13   

John Morris Russell, Conductor
Michael Burgess, Vocalist
Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chours, Timothy Shantz, Chorusmaster

Michael Burgess

Few people in Canadian entertainment have had the impact of Michael Burgess in the
last decade. His major theatre credits include the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre, The Concert at Skydome and the first national Canadian tour and The Tenth Anniversary Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London, England; the Narrator in Blood Brothers with David Cassidy and Amy Sky (Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto); Man of La Mancha (Toronto & Edmonton).

In addition to off Broadway appearances, Mr. Burgess has appeared with the Stratford Festival, the Guelph Spring Festival, the Charlottetown Festival, the Manitoba Theatre, The National Arts Centre, Toronto Workshop Productions, Theatre Calgary, the Muskoka Festival and the Citadel Theatre. On television, he has completed a Showtime Movie of the
Week, Sandy Bottom Orchestra, and has also starred in Friday the 13th, Top Cops, Bordertown, ENG, PSI Factor, Earth Final Conflict, as well as his own Gemini Award Winning CBC-TV Special, Michael Burgess at Massey Hall.

He has starred in the feature film Entry In A Diary, which won the Roberto Rosselini Award at the 43rd Film Festival in Salerno, Italy and a short film, The Original Sin, which qualified for the 1999 Academy Awards. He is featured as one of the celebrity voices in the Famous People Players productions Leave the Porchlight On and Hide ‘n Seek. He has also starred in the Christmas music video, “O Holy Night” for Country Music Television.

Mr. Burgess has recorded the narration for two children’s books; The Nightingale and The Dragon’s Pearl, and he has also lent his voice to the animated series Bob & Margaret and Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse.

A confessed sports fanatic, Mr. Burgess narrated the TV sport documentary The Stanley Cup: A Century of Magic Moments with Ken Dryden hosting. He performed the anthems at the final game at Maple Leafs Gardens and has sung at the World Figure Skating Championship, the World Series, the World Basketball Championship, the Grey Cup, the Queen’s Plate, the Molson Indy andthe duMaurier Open Tennis Championship.

Michael Burgess believes strongly in giving back, generously donating his talents to numerous charitable organizations across Canada. He is a spokesperson for Special Olympics and is featured along with many other artists on the newly released recording Courage. He has also performed on behalf of Easter Seals, Sick Kids Hospital, Variety Club, Kids Help Phone and the Courage to Come Back Programme of the Clarke Institute of
Psychiatry in Toronto, just to name a few.

In 2002, Mr. Burgess was honored to receive the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal as a distinguished Canadian from the Government of Canada presented to him by Senator Frank Mahovlich.

Mr. Burgess continues to be in demand as a guest solo artist with major orchestras in Canada and the U.S. Mr. Burgess' CD, A Place in the Sun, has gone gold and continues to
enchant fans. He has since added a Christmas CD, Angels in the Snow, which promises to be just as strong.

Visit Michael's webpage, with musical excerpts from his award-winning CD's.

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