“I celebrate this new adventure, full of ideas, new projects and of course music.” “Fully joining the artist stable of the largest record company in the world is the culmination of a dream,” said Bocelli, who sung at the opening ceremony of Euro 2020 held earlier this year. The concert was performed in front of a restricted audience because of Covid-19 social distancing measures, but was also streamed on the maestro’s YouTube channel with a potential audience of millions, such is his fanbase.Bocelli has officially signed with Universal Music, the world’s biggest music company and home to acts including Taylor Swift and the Beatles, which for the last 25 years has only been the distributor of his music. But because of what was happening, I was not tranquil in my heart.” “It was painful,” he said, “but it was also one of the best periods of my life as I could spend so much time with my family. I asked how the year of Covid had been for him, with the inevitable restrictions on his global touring. A place where man can think more deeply.”Īs with his singing, Bocelli’s speech has unmistakable poetic rhythms and lyricism, his choice of language often poignant. “The tombs and the ancient city are special, of course. It is so very different to the usual places where I perform. His good looks are also a part of his appeal, with People magazine naming him one of the world’s 50 most beautiful people.Īlthough Bocelli is blind, his ability to experience an atmosphere is remarkable, and he did so last night. Dion has remarked: “If God would have a singing voice, He must sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli.” He has sold over 75 million albums, with his popularity stretching beyond the world of opera to a much larger audience with his crossover albums of lighter classics and popular songs, taking classical music to the top of the pop charts.īocelli was Oscar-nominated for his duet with Celine Dion for the Golden Globe-winning song “The Prayer”, for the film Quest for Camelot. The handicap has not prevented the tenor’s rise to become one of the most acclaimed and popular opera singers in the world. Born with congenital glaucoma, he has been blind since a footballing accident at the age of 12. If the site is remarkable, so too is Bocelli’s own story. Its culture is very far from our culture.” “It is very emotional because the place is so very different. While Hegra is truly a first, Bocelli has sung before in AlUla, at the Maraya Concert Hall, mirrored on the outside like a modern-day mirage. “It is amazing,” said the Italian, 62, who was born near Pisa. Archaeologists say this cluster presents some of the best-preserved tombs in the city of Hegra, with its distinctive feature of Khuraymat, the elegant gynosphinxes – spirit guardians with women’s heads, lions’ bodies and wings – adorning the corners of pediments. He performed to an audience of just 300 against a spectacular backdrop: the 20 carved tombs of Al Khuraymat. If Bocelli was excited by having his children on stage, and to sing what he termed “beautiful romances”, he was stunned too by his surroundings. “It was a big emotion for me, very beautiful to sing with them,” Bocelli said in an interview with The Independent.
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