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  • Andrea Bocelli Talks Opera and Fatherhood

    Andrea Bocelli Talks Opera and Fatherhood

    Andrea Bocelli can’t get away from singing opera, even when he’s in the role of ‘Dad.’ The 56-year-old says even when he’s singing his two-year-old daughter Virginia a lullaby, she prefers opera.

    “My daughter … likes every kind of music, but in particular there is a song that she loves very much, ‘Funiculi Funicula,’” Bocelli said of the Neapolitan song, which he is known for performing at live shows. “She wants that I sing (it) for her always.”

    The singer and longtime partner Veronica Berti tied the knot earlier this year, on their daughter’s second birthday.

    Andrea Bocelli has been touring Europe, and launched a short U.S. tour on Saturday. His first performance was at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The tour will take him to Houston, Texas; Dallas; Chicago; and Detroit, with his last stop at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 17th.

    If you’re unable to catch Andrea Bocelli on one of these stops, rest assured, he will be back in the U.S. in 2015. He will perform three shows at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida in February. He also has a concert planned at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on June 7th, as well as other shows.

    Andrea Bocelli is heard on pianist Jan Mulder’s new album, “Christmas,” and is promoting his own album, “Opera–the Ultimate Collection.” On it fans will hear a recording of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,” with an accompaniment by Ana Maria Martinez.

    “I loved this opera since when I was a child,” Bocelli said of “Manon Lescaut.”

    Do you suppose little Virginia has Daddy sing excerpts from this to lull her to sleep at night?

    Can you imagine being sung to sleep with a live lullaby, courtesy of Andrea Bocelli?

  • Veronica Berti Marries Longtime Boyfriend Andrea Bocelli

    Andrea Bocelli and married longtime girlfriend Veronica Berti in Italy Friday, exchanging vows on on their daughter Veronica’s second birthday.

    The couple of twelve years tied the knot at the Sanctuary of Madonna di Montenero in a the western coastal Tuscan village of Montenero, near Livorno.

    The sanctuary dates to the 1300s and was built up into a basilica that was consecrated in 1818, according to the church’s website.

    The intimate ceremony was attended by family and guests, including Bocelli’s sons from a previous marriage,  Amos, 19, and Matteo.

    The seven-time World Music Award winner was previously married to their mother, Enrica Cenzatti. The couple split in 2002, the same time Bocelli met Berti, who is also his manager. This is Berti’s first marriage.

    Bocelli, 55, and Berti, 30, chose the March 21 date for their wedding day because it is their daughter’s birthday, and also because it signified the start of spring.

    Berti wore a silk dress by Ermanno Scervino and Bocelli wore a blue suit by Corneliani.

    Guests joined the bride and groom for the reception at the tenor’s villa in Forte dei Marmi in Pisa, just north of Livorno.

    Hours after the wedding the Time to Say Goodbye singer announced he would be going on tour in November.

    The four-day tour, which was announced Tuesday, will see him perform songs from his latest album in arenas across the United Kingdom and Ireland. He will take to stages in Dublin, London, Liverpool and Birmingham.

    Bocelli, who went blind at the age of 12, will be joined by two guests – a soprano and a pop star – who have not yet been revealed.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Andrea Bocelli Weds Longtime Girlfriend

    Andrea Bocelli Weds Longtime Girlfriend

    Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli married longtime companion Veronica Berti Friday, in the coastal town of Livorno, Italy. Bocelli, 55, had been dating Berti, 30, for 12 years, and the couple has a two-year-old daughter together named Virginia. The newlyweds married on their daughter’s second birthday.

    Singer-songwriter Bocelli was born on September, 22 1958 with with poor eyesight, and eventually went blind at twelve following a soccer accident. The singer has recorded fourteen solo classical and pop albums, and nine full operas, selling over 80 million units worldwide. Bocelli’s 1997 pop album, Romanza, became the best-selling album by an Italian artist in history, and his Sacred Arias became the biggest selling classical crossover record ever, moving 20 million units.

    Seven of Bocelli’s albums have reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, and a record-setting 10 have hit number one on the classical crossover albums charts in the U.S.

    Here Bocelli performs Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria:

    Bocelli was previously married to Enrica Cenzatti, but was divorced in 2002. His sons, Amos, 19, and Matteo, 16, attended the intimate ceremony Friday, along with other close friends and family. A small reception followed at the newlyweds’ home in Forte dei Marmi, near Pisa.

    Bocelli with daughter Virginia:

    While some classical purists have criticized Bocelli’s vocal ability and technique, he’s been widely praised – During her Christmas Special for These Are Special Times concert in 1998, French Canadian singer Celine Dion said while introducing the tenor that “if God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli,” Oprah Winfrey had once commented, “when I hear Andrea sing, I burst into tears.” Late actress Elizabeth Taylor once said, “My mind, my soul were transported by his beauty, his voice, his inner being. God has kissed this man and I thank God for it.”

    Bocelli is set to perform next on May 30th in Sofia, Bulgaria at Armeets Arena.

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  • Veronica Berti Marries Longtime Beau Andrea Bocelli

    “Naturally, when two people feel like we do, they want to make it a permanent arrangement.”

    Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli married his longtime partner, Veronica Berti, on Friday March 21 at the Sanctuary of Madonna di Montenero in Tuscany, Italy.

    The couple have been together for twelve years and have a daughter together named Virginia. In fact, Friday was Virginia’s second birthday, thus, the reason Bocelli and Berti chose that date for their nuptial. It was also the first day of spring.

    Veronica Berti met Bocelli in 2002. While the two have been in a relationship since then, Berti has also served at Bocelli’s manager and half of of ALMUD, the Andrea Bocelli Business and Management Office. Bocelli’s younger brother, Alberto, serves as the other half.

    Bocelli was previously married to Enrica Cenzatti for ten years before separating, though not officially divorcing right away. The two have two sons together, Amos (19) and Matteo (16). In the past Bocelli has said that he and Berti were not planning on getting married any time soon due to the fact that he is a Catholic divorcee. However, after living together in a villa in Forte dei Marmi on the Mediterranean for over a decade, the couple decided it was finally time.

    The wedding was attended by a small group of friends and family, including Bocelli’s sons, Amos and Matteo. The reception was held at their villa in Forte dei Marmi.

    At the wedding, the 30-year old bride wore an ivory silk satin Ermanno Scervino gown embellished with Valenciennes lace and featuring a silk georgette layer. Over the top of the dress she wore a quilted crepe de chine padded jacket. Her dark hair was pulled back and donned with a sprig of flowers.

    55-year old Bocelli wore a blue three-piece silk suit by Corneliani and a white rose on his lapel which matched his bride’s bouquet.

    Bocelli is known for both his pop and classical albums, including nine complete operas and fourteen solo studio albums. Born with congenital glaucoma, Bocelli became completely blind when he was twelves years old after an accident during a football game when he was hit on the head and suffered a brain hemorrhage.

    Even though his parents were advised to abort him due to complications, they refused. He was born in 1958. As a child, his mother said that they only thing that would comfort him was music. Bocelli won his first song competition at the age of 14 singing “O sole mio.”


    Image via Wikimedia Commons