Tony Bennett to Perform at The Grand 1894 Opera House This December

On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 7 pm, The Grand 1894 Opera House presents a special return engagement by the one and only Tony Bennett and his trio, with special guest Antonia Bennett (his daughter).

This performance is sponsored in part by The Galveston County Daily News and is included in Galveston Island's Winter Wonder Island Celebration. Tickets may be purchased at The Grand's Box Office, 2020 Postoffice Street, by calling 409.765.1894, 800.821.1894, or online at www.thegrand.com.

Tony Bennett is one of a handful of artists to have new albums charting in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and now in the first two decades of the 21st century. No one else in popular American music has recorded for so long and at such a high level of excellence. Winner of 18 Grammy Awards - including a 1995 Grammy for Record of the Year for his "MTV Unplugged" CD and a Lifetime Achievement Award - Tony is an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree who has sold over 50 million records worldwide. His 2007 prime-time special, "Tony Bennett: an American Classic," won seven Emmy Awards.

The Bennett sound and style are forever entwined with his early signature hits: "Because of You," and "Rags to Riches," "I Wanna Be Around," "The Good Life," "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco." Bennett's exceptional Duet collaborations with iconic celebrity artists from a variety of genres - including k.d. lang, Cheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, Andrea Bocelli, Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Michael Bublé, and Lady Gaga, have brought him acclaim from an ever-widening universe of critics, performers, and audiences.

For ticket prices and more information, call The Grand's box office at 409.765.1894, 800.821.1894, or visit The Grand's web site at www.thegrand.com. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Grand 1894 Opera House is located at 2020 Postoffice Street in historic downtown Galveston's Cultural Arts District and is recognized as "The Official Opera House of the State of Texas." All major credit cards accepted.