Il Divo keeps its ‘Game’ going

New producers, full orchestra, classical approach help hone new release
Il Divo, the four-man group of Carlos Marin, David Miller, Sebastien Izambard and Urs Buhler, rolls into the Halifax Metro Centre for a show Thursday.

Il Divo, the four-man group of Carlos Marin, David Miller, Sebastien Izambard and Urs Buhler, rolls into the Halifax Metro Centre for a show Thursday.
 AFTER RELEASING a new album, sometimes two, every year since they debuted in 2004, the four voices in the pop-opera phenomenon Il Divo needed to take a break.

It wasn’t because they were tired from touring, or due to any issues with their hard-working vocal pipes, which were still pleasing fans on the three live DVDs released between their last two studio releases, The Promise in 2008 and Wicked Game in 2011.

The dilemma faced by tenors Urs Buhler of Switzerland and American David Miller, Spanish baritone Carlos Marin and French vocalist Sebastien Izambard was finding a way forward without repeating what they’d already done.

“I think the real impetus for Wicked Game, and why it took so long to release, is that after The Promise we felt that we were falling into our own trap, as it were,” says Miller, who is joined by his Armani-clad compadres on Thursday night at the Halifax Metro Centre.

Read more - The Chronicle Herald

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