Many fans of world music star Andrea Bocelli have many reasons to be happy this autumn. The Italian tenor released two new albums on October 21, namely Opera: The ultimate collection with arias from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini and the second album with Puccini's opera Manon Lescaut. At the same time, on November 29, a unique musical spectacle will take place in Arena Zagreb - Bocelli's great solo concert.
Bocelli, who became completely blind at the age of 12, performed as a pianist in local clubs while studying law and tried to get a musical education from renowned professors.
During the rise of pop music, he made a U-turn and ventured into various commercial and pop music projects, but never neglected his love for classical music and opera. It is this duality that has shaped his recognizable musical style and method of interpretation, which are based on operatic singing, but touch a much wider audience.
Bocelli's international rise had begun in 1994, when he won the festival San Remo with the song "Il Mare Calmo della Sera". This was followed by his first major operatic role in Verdi's Macbeth, and for Christmas of the same year he already sang the composition "Adeste Fideles" (Hittite Christians) to Pope John Paul II. and several tens of thousands of believers in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.
Despite often sharing the stage with José Carreras and Placido Domingo, he became much more popular than his two older colleagues. Many compare him to Enrico Caruso and Frank Sinatra due to his influence on contemporary and popular music.
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Today it can boast of more than 80 million albums sold, and in addition to singing, he also proved to be an excellent songwriter and music producer.
Bocelli, who has already performed at many well-known and prestigious world venues, will On November 29, he crossed the threshold of the Zagreb Arena for the first time. The organizers announce that, in addition to his unique interpretations of popular opera arias, big hits and evergreen melodies from last year's albums "Passione" and "Love in Portofino", fans will also be in for a superb musical production and several musical surprises. Perhaps among them we can also find songs from the two new albums.
The organizers announced that they will join the Italian tenor on stage Zagreb Philharmonic and Academic Choir "Ivan Goran Kovačič" as well as an excellent soprano Lana Kos and a worldwide sensation 2 Cellos.
Ticket prices are from EUR 52.15 to EUR 225.52 for the VIP box. You can buy them at eventim.si.
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