Italian Bar Andrea Bocelli
On September 22, 1958, Andrew Bocelli was born in Italy into a music-loving farming family. He showed amazing musical talent since he was a child. However, when he was 12 years old, he had an accident while playing football and became blind. From then on, in the dark years, music became his only way to touch the world. At the age of 30, Bocelli, who holds a doctorate in law, was admitted to the music master Franco Corelli. During his studies, Pavarotti gave him important guidance in singing. Beginning in 1992, a series of opportunities propelled Bocelli from a bar pianist to an international superstar. In his nearly 10-year singing career, he has not only demonstrated profound attainments in classical art songs, but has also made great efforts in popular singing of classical music. "Aria", released by Bocelli in 1998, is the most successful opera album released internationally, ranking far ahead in the classical music charts in many countries. Bocelli fully demonstrated his boldness and ability in this album. The songs he selected are all the most difficult and technical arias among traditional tenors, including Puccini's "Little Cold Hands" ("Little Cold Hands"). "The Career of an Artist"), "The Starry Night" ("Tosca"), "Goodbye, lovely home" ("Madama Butterfly"), Verdi's "Clouds of Beauty" ("Rigoletto"), Bizet's "Song of Flowers" ("Carmen"), etc.
The album "Sacred Arias" released in November 1999 should literally be translated as "religious arias", but in China it is more customary to call it "Millennium Praise". In this album, Bocelli affectionately interprets 16 religious songs from famous composers from different periods in history with his pious attitude and superb singing skills. For example, "Ave Maria" written by Schubert, Gounod and others, Handel's famous "Ombra mai fu (Under the shade of the tree)", Verdi's "Requiem" The excerpts "Ingemisco (Sigh)" and Frank's "Bread of Heaven" are among the most outstanding religious arias in history. The finale of the album specially selects the hymn "Gloria a Te..." written for the millennium by French priest Jean-Paul Lecot (Riku)
Andrea Bocelli: Sogno of the Earth Dream/Contains fourteen famous songs including Love Song of the Earth, Prayer (duet with Celine Dion), and Dream. Listening to Bocelli's singing will take you from the chaos and noise of the world to the beautiful land of dreams, where the sun re-dyes everything with bright colors, the earth has no boundaries, and there is no distance between people's hearts. "Dream of the Earth" is a song of life, a power that transcends all adversities, and a love that makes the heart throb deep. Italians are the most adept at singing. The title song of this album, "Love Song of the Earth," was composed by the original cast of the world's most sensational song "Time to say goodbye" in 1997. It is magnificent and magnificent. "The Dream" that tenderly protects the lover's return, "I'm Trembling But I Love You" denounces the war as a metaphor, the witty bar encounter interlude "I Love Rossini", and the nostalgia to commemorate Italy's most famous opera composer in 2001 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, PHILIPS specially released this "Verdi" (also known as "Very Verdi" or "Tenderness at the End of the Century" in China) in 2000, in which Bocelli personally selected and sang 15 songs Favorite Verdi tenor aria.
Verdi's arias for tenor in operas outline the characters with strong emotions and clear-cut personalities in the fascinating plot; with their deep lyrical style and charming melody lines, they depict distinct character models or even tragedy. Sexual characters, or high-spirited heroes, such as: the Egyptian warrior Radames in "Aida", the self-centered Duke, the bandit leader Aynani in "Rigoletto", and "Louisa Miller" The elegant aristocrat Rudolf in "Il Trovatore", the unfortunate Manrico in "The Troubadour", the one cursed by fate in "The Force of Destiny"...
... If God also has a singing voice, his voice will be like Andrea Bocelli's singing voice. Andrea Bocelli is blind. His voice has the texture of a classical tenor. The voice transition is very smooth and does not feel stiff, so he can complete the important task of singing opera very well. In addition, he is by far the most successful classical pop crossover artist. male singer. In 2000, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his song of the same name in "Sogno". The "Sogno" album also topped the annual classical album rankings for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000.