Burgess and Caine share emotional night of music during Stars for Saskatchewan season finale

The audience appreciation of last Wednesday’s finale of the 2012-2013 Stars for Saskatchewan Series was not measured by applause, it was measured by goosebump moments.

Michael Burgess and Rebecca Caine shared their talents on the Sky Centre stage on May 1 to wrap up an impressive nine-concert with an evening of unforgettable music. The world renowned Canadian singers took a capacity audience for a stroll down broadway during an evening of amazing musical theatre standards.

During the first half of the evening the duo performed a series of broadway favourites, including

from Stephen Sondheim 1973 musical

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from Sondheim’s

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from the from the 1965 musical

plus made most famous by Josh Groban.

They were backed by the impeccable piano accompaniment of the multi talented David Warrack, who himself was worth the price of admission.

After the intermission, the duo delved into songs from the musicals which had them dazzling audiences for hundreds of performances, with a trio of powerful numbers from

and four songs from

Ironically, Burgess never performed in

but he has monumental on

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a Canada’s music scene by performing over 1,000 performances as Jean Valjean in the legendary Toronto production of

Caine began the second half of the evening with a touching rendition of from

and she was joined by Burgess for the Phantom love song Burgess provided one of the numerous goose bump moments with his smooth voice during the instantly recognizable

The Toronto-born Caine has the distinction of being Cosette in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s original production of

plus she was the original Christine in the Toronto production of

After sharing some insights into that original production of she performed a flawless version of

which certainly brought a tear or two to the eyes of those in the audience.

Burgess took centre stage again to sing Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, which was just a warm up for the evening’s most powerful moment when he sang

In their final song of the evening they teamed up to Soprano Rebecca Caine, the original Cosette in the London production of Les Miserables, shared the stage with Michael Burgess during the final performance of the 2012-2013 Stars for Saskatchewan Series. sing In My Life from Les Miserables. During a well earned curtain call, they bid farewell to the audience, and fittingly during the final song of the year-long concert series, sang Con te partiro (Time to Say Goodbye).