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Mr. B: the Songs of Billy Eckstine

Mr. B: the Songs of Billy Eckstine admin
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  • 5 years ago
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Peter McGillivray, vocals and valve trombone
David Warrack, piano


An intimate cabaret-style encounter with the songs that made the career of the great Billy Eckstine – a pioneer jazz vocalist, one of the fathers of bebop, and trailblazing pop crooner. Known for his rich baritone and iconic style, Mr. B was a legend in his time cranking out hit after hit before being eclipsed by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.

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Saskatchewan-born, baritone Peter McGillivray is a seasoned performing artist who first burst on to the scene as winner of the CBC Young Performers Competition in 2003. A former member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and alumnus of the University of Toronto, he has also spent a season on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera (La Bohème & Capriccio). Recent credits include a Dora-Award nomination for Best Actor for the Canadian Stage’s The Overcoat, and work with Calgary Opera (Pagliacci, Moby Dick & Silent Night), Manitoba Opera (La Bohème), Edmonton Opera (Die Fledermaus, La Cenerentola, Hansel & Gretel), Vancouver Opera (Albert Herring, The Overcoat, La Cenerentola), Pacific Opera Victoria (Barber of Seville, Fidelio), Dallas Opera (Moby Dick), Opéra de Québec (Madama Butterfly, Le barbier de Séville), Opera Lyra Ottawa (La Bohème, Barber of Seville) & the Canadian Opera Company (Gianni Schicchi). His pre-pandemic 2019-20 season included stints with Calgary Opera (La Bohème) and Edmonton Opera (Marriage of Figaro). During the pandemic he has kept busy, recording Gareth Williams’ Rocking Horse Winner with Tapestry Opera, filming Elizabeth Raum’s The Garden of Alice for Pacific Opera Victoria as well as teaching voice at Laurentian University and hosting the weekly music program Vocal Point with Peter McGillivray on CKLU 96.7FM in Sudbury.

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