fajrdrako | Paul Potts...

Went this evening to a live concert by Paul Potts at Centrepointe Theatre. He made jokes about the bad weather ("Last time I was in Ottawa, it was snowing,") but the concert was superb. He sang a lot of my favourites and near-favourites: starting with Moon River, then on to Maria, Se la Fantasia from Cinema Paradiso, Music of the Night, Il Gladiatore, the theme from Merry Christmas Mr. Laurence, La Strada and The Mission. After the intermission he sang Parla Piu Piano from The Godfather, A Place for Us, the Love Story theme, a tribute to Mario Lanza with music from The Student Prince, and as encore, Nessun Dorma. One of his themes was a tribute to the music of Nino Rota. I approve.

The other singer of the concert was Sarah Pacheko, whom I hadn't heard before. She sang in a remarkably big pink silk dress that made me think of Cinderella (and the pumpkin). Particularly liked hearing her do Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah - another favourite song.