Opera Singer

Andrea Bocelli

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Age 64
Birthday September 221958
Birth Sign Virgo
City Italy
Country Italy
Profession Opera Singer

Andrea Bocelli is a famous Opera Singer, born on September 22, 1958 in Italy. As of December 2022, Andrea Bocelli’s net worth is $100 Million. His duet with Celine Dion for the animated film The Quest for Camelot won them both a Golden Globe.

Parents Alessandro Bocelli, Edi Bocelli
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Spouse Veronica Berti , Enrica Cenzatti
Children(s) Matteo Bocelli, Amos Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli Biography

Operatic tenor who became blind at the age of 12 and who won the Newcomers Sanremo Music Festival in 1994. On 25 September, Bocelli led Songs of Praise’s 50th anniversary celebration, alongside LeAnn Rimes and Katherine Jenkins..

He married Enrica Cenzatti Bocelli on June 27, 1992 and they had two children together, Amos and Matteo, before separating in 2002. He then had a daughter named Virginia with Veronica Berti, whom he married in 2014.

In the New Year, he performed two concerts at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. At the 56th Golden Globe Awards held on 24 January, “The Prayer” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the film Quest for Camelot. At the 41st Grammy Awards ceremony on 24 February, Bocelli was nominated for Best New Artist, which was won by Lauryn Hill. Bocelli and Dion sang “The Prayer” at the ceremony. The song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song and performed by Bocelli and Dion at the ceremony held at the Los Angeles Music Center on 21 March.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Andrea Bocelli OMRI OMDSM (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdreːa boˈtʃɛlli] ; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was diagnosed with congenital glaucoma at 5 months old, and became completely blind at age 12, following a football accident. After performing evenings in piano bars and competing in local singing contests, Bocelli signed his first recording contract with the Sugar Music label. He rose to fame in 1994, winning the preliminary round of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing “Miserere”, with the highest marks ever recorded in the newcomers section.

Andrea Bocelli Net Worth

Andrea Bocelli is one of the richest Opera Singer & listed on most popular Opera Singer. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrea Bocelli‘s net worth $100 Million.

Net Worth $100 Million
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Source of Income Opera Singer
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House Living in own house.

He grew up on a farm selling equipment and making wine. He began to play piano when he was six years old.

Andrea Bocelli OMRI OMDSM (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdreːa boˈtʃɛlli] ; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was diagnosed with congenital glaucoma at 5 months old, and became completely blind at age 12, following a football accident. After performing evenings in piano bars and competing in local singing contests, Bocelli signed his first recording contract with the Sugar Music label. He rose to fame in 1994, winning the preliminary round of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing “Miserere”, with the highest marks ever recorded in the newcomers section.

On 21 November, a segment of Leute Heute, a German tabloid-program on ZDF, was about My Christmas and Bocelli’s meeting in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI and 250 other artists, an event which was broadcast live earlier that day in Italy, by Rai Uno. Bocelli was also joined by the Piccolo Coro dell’Antoniano, in his home in Forte dei Marmi, where they sang “Caro Gesù Bambino”, a song from My Christmas which was originally recorded by the choir in 1960. Rai Uno also broadcast the performance later that day, during the Zecchino d’Oro Festival. The following day, Bocelli was among Fabio Fazio’s guests, on his popular Italian talk-show, Che tempo che fa, broadcast on Rai Tre. During the program Bocelli talked about his album and performed “The Lord’s Prayer”, “White Christmas”, and “Silent Night”. It was also announced that Bocelli would return to the show on 20 December and give a live concert of My Christmas. Bocelli also took part in the annual 2009 José Carreras Gala, on 17 December, where he sang Adeste Fideles, before singing “White Christmas” with José Carreras for the very first time; this was broadcast live, by Das Erste, in Germany. He then returning to Italy, for a concert in the Upper Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi, on 19 December, which was broadcast directly after the Urbi et Orbi blessing of Pope Benedict XVI, 25 December, on Rai Uno.

On 5 July, Bocelli gave a concert at the opening of the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, in Astana, on the occasion of Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s 70th birthday.

Who is Andrea Bocelli dating?

According to our records, Andrea Bocelli married to Veronica Berti , Enrica Cenzatti. As of May 2022, Andrea Bocelli’s is not dating anyone.

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In the United States, Bocelli made a number of high-profile TV appearances. He first performed “White Christmas” at the 83rd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, broadcast live on NBC, 26 November. He performed the song again on 30 November during The Today Show also live. His appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show during her Holiday Music Extravaganza, where he sang “What Child Is This”, with Mary J. Blige, and later closed the show with Adeste Fideles, was also aired the same day, and was later rebroadcast on 23 December. Bocelli also sang “Adeste Fideles” and was interviewed by Barbara Walters and Joy Behar on The View, which aired 2 December, on ABC. On 8 December, he performed “Jingle Bells” with The Muppets on The Jay Leno Show. He also performed a number of songs from the album, including “The Christmas Song” with Natalie Cole, during a dinner at David Foster’s mansion in Malibu, which was featured on The Dr. Phil Show, on 10 December. Bocelli also performed “White Christmas” and “Silent Night”, on the Larry King Live and Fox & Friends holiday-specials, broadcast 23 December, on CNN, and 19, 24 and 25 December, on Fox News.

Andrea Bocelli Height

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Facts & Trivia

Ranked on the list of most popular Opera Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Italy. Andrea Bocelli celebrates birthday on September 22 of every year.

Since 1982, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo studio albums of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 90 million records worldwide. He has had success as a crossover performer, bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts. His first compilation album, Romanza, is one of the best-selling albums of all time, while Sacred Arias is the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history. My Christmas was the best-selling holiday album of 2009 and one of the best-selling holiday albums in the United States. The 2019 album Sì debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200, becoming Bocelli’s first number-one album in both countries. His song “Con te partirò”, included on his second album Bocelli, is one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Is Bocelli completely blind?

Despite always having problems with his eyes and being diagnosed with glaucoma early on, tragically, Andrea lost his sight after a football accident when he was just 12.

Is Andrea Bocelli rich?

Andrea Bocelli net worth: Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who has a net worth of $100 million.

Does Andrea Bocelli have a good voice?

Bocelli is not a very good singer. The tone is rasping, thin and, in general, poorly supported. Even the most modest upward movement thins it even more, signaling what appears to be the onset of strangulation.

Who is the woman in Andrea Bocelli hallelujah?

Andrea Bocelli Sings Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” with Daughter Virginia.

What do blind people see?

A person with total blindness won’t be able to see anything. But a person with low vision may be able to see not only light, but colors and shapes too. However, they may have trouble reading street signs, recognizing faces, or matching colors to each other.

Italian spinto tenor Franco Corelli praised Bocelli’s voice after hearing it for the first time during a master class in 1986, in Turin, and he later gave Bocelli private lessons.

Bocelli met his first wife, Enrica Cenzatti, while singing at piano bars early in his career. They were married on 27 June 1992. Their first child, son Amos, was born February 22, 1995. Their second son, Matteo, was born in October 8, 1997. The couple separated in 2002. Bocelli lives with his second wife and manager, Veronica Berti. They met in 2002. In September 2011, the couple announced that Berti was expecting her first and Bocelli’s third child, a daughter, in the spring. His daughter Virginia was born 21 March 2012. The couple live in Forte dei Marmi on the Mediterranean. Bocelli’s first wife and two sons live in the couple’s previous residence in the same comune, in Versilia. Bocelli married Veronica Berti on 21 March 2014 at the Sanctuary of Montenero in the coastal town of Livorno, Italy.

In 1992, Italian rock star Zucchero held auditions for tenors to make a demo tape of his song “Miserere”, to send to Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. After hearing Bocelli on tape, Pavarotti urged Zucchero to use Bocelli instead of him. Zucchero eventually persuaded Pavarotti to record the song with Bocelli, and it became a hit throughout Europe. In Zucchero’s European concert tour in 1993, Bocelli accompanied him to sing the duet, and he was also given solo sets in the concerts, singing “Nessun dorma” from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot. Bocelli signed with the Sugar Music label in Milan after Caterina Caselli heard Bocelli sing “Miserere” and “Nessun Dorma” at a birthday party for Zucchero.

You may read full biography about Andrea Bocelli from Wikipedia.
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