“Drunk with pride and lost in your ego, thunder again fate and its decrees.
“Arbiter on earth and of yourself God, purse what makes your days happy.
“Impressed and overcome by the light, you cling to those who in the oxen lead you.”
Andrea Bocelli concluded his Christmas concert with a rendition of Silent Night (Image: AB)
Andrea Bocelli s poem was accompanied by Brittany O’Connor dancing in the Frasassi Caves (Image: AB)
Bocelli concluded: “What loses you and corrupts you YOU LOVE, and all that destroys you, YOU CRAVE.
“Foolish you are, slave in chains, rebellious, for the purpose of devoting yourself to the good.
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The Italian tenor has sold more than 150 million records worldwide and is considered to be one of the world’s greatest opera singers. Bocelli was given his big break in the early Nineties when the late Luciano Pavarotti declared there was “no finer voice” after listening to his audition tape. The singer, now 50, reflected on his impressive career and revealed he did not like talking.
Andrea Bocelli new album Believe (Image: PH )
Bocelli said: All of us are the instruments of life, of which we receive and transmit signals, and we know in our hearts that language of pure enchantment that we believe unlearned or forgotten in the racket of daily life. Christmas is a time to start listening once more to that which sings within us, to let it play out loud. We are preparing a gift, our way of offering you an embrace and a heartfelt Merry Christmas.
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He said: This is an album I hold very dear to my heart.”
“The fruit of a long internal journey even more so than an external, artistic one. It’s a project with a purpose to put into words the musical dimension of spirituality by offering music that – at least for our intentions – can bring peace and harmony to those who listen to it.”
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Andrea Bocelli will deliver an intimate and unique Christmas performance from the Frasassi Caves in Italy on Friday.
The world-renowned Italian opera singer s Silent Night: A Christmas Prayer concert will be livestreamed on Facebook at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
In a post promoting the performance, the singer said, I’ll see you today, in just a few hours, to exchange season’s greetings and to share a spirit of hope and a moment of beauty in a scenario that is both of this world and not: a complete, spectacular work of art that would make even the most hardened skeptics think, because every masterpiece is the work of a great Creator.
Andrea Bocelli and His Eight-Year-Old Daughter, Virginia, Duet on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in Special Christmas Concert
During a recent Christmas concert, legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli, 62, and his eight-year-old daughter Virginia sang a duet of Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah. Photo: Franco Origlia / WireImage via Getty Images
There’s a valid argument that we don’t need another “Hallelujah” cover. The Leonard Cohen classic has, of course, been reimagined and rerecorded by hundreds of performers in the decades since its 1984 release and, at this point, it’s difficult to imagine anyone bringing anything new to the tune.
Enter Andrea Bocelli.
The legendary 62-year-old Italian tenor recently performed a rendition of “Hallelujah” as a duet with his eight-year-old daughter Virginia as part of a concert called