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Tenors call performance 'extraordinary experience'

By: Geoff Kirbyson

Posted: 10/26/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 0

Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press Fraser Walters, Victor Micallef, Clifton Murray and Remigio Pereira perform.

THE Canadian Museum for Human Rights won't open until 2014, but its first "concert" has been staged.

The Canadian Tenors, an operatic pop quartet from Victoria, performed a pair of songs in the Garden of Contemplation in front of dignitaries and construction workers Thursday morning.

The four singers said they were honoured to be the first performers at the museum.

"For what this place represents, to be the first people to perform in the hall is an extraordinary experience. It's quite an honour. To have all the workers coming off their lunch break to hear us perform is special. We want to come back when this place is finished and do it all over again. We're all pretty moved to be here and to be asked to be a part of this," said Clifton Murray.

"It's the first time we've sung with construction boots on, too," added Remigio Pereira.

Victor Micallef said the museum is a "great place for a concert."

"This is a piece of Zen area of the museum. What better place (for acoustics). I mean, look at the ceiling," he said, motioning skyward.

The audience included Stu Murray, the museum's president and CEO, and Mayor Sam Katz.

Gail Asper, director of the Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the longtime driving force behind the project, was ecstatic.

"I can die and go to heaven now," she said.

-- Geoff Kirbyson

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 26, 2012 A3

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