Best wishes to Andrea Bocelli, the great Italian tenor, who today blows out 64 candles. The artist conquered the public and dominated the most important world stages with the power of his extraordinary tenor voice. With over twenty years of career behind her, she has to her credit hundreds of concerts and endless collaborations with Italian and international artists. One of his recent appearances is that of last June on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in London.
Andrea Bocelli
It was born in La Sterza, a hamlet of Lajatico, in the province of Pisa, by Edi and Alessandro, owners of a farm. Since birth he has had vision problems due to congenital glaucoma which over the years has led him to blindness. A disability that certainly has never been an obstacle for Bocelli who has never foreclosed on anything. In fact, he regularly continued his studies, graduating in law in Pisa and graduating in lyrical singing at the “Giacomo Puccini” Conservatory of La Spezia.
CAREER
In 1982 he released the 45 rpm for the Lido label My friend / When; in 1990 he signed a recording contract with Virgin Dischi and released his second single, The devil and the angel / Just you. Subsequently he begins his collaboration with Fornaciari sugar, which he was preparing with Luciano Pavarotti recording the song Wretched, inserted in the homonymous album. For the occasion, Bocelli records the tracks for the audition of the piece: it is his first great success from which his unstoppable career starts. The talented Tuscan artist thus becomes a star in great demand all over the world.
The star on the Walk of fame
Since the beginning of his career he has sold around 80 million records. Her voice enchants and fascinates, both if he sings melodrama and if he tries his hand at pop music. A versatility that his millions of fans appreciate by following him on his continuous tours. His international consecration comes in 2010 when, after Arturo Toscanini, Anna Magnani, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sophia Loren, Enrico Caruso and Rodolfo Valentino, he is the seventh Italian to receive a star on the Walk of fame of Hollywood. It is the star of the stars bestowed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Sacred arias is the best-selling classic album ever released by a solo artist. With this disc he simultaneously obtained the first, second and third position in the American charts of classical music. Definitely an incredible success for which he also entered the Guinness World Record.
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