In honour of Father’s Day this weekend, we’re featuring a famous Italian singer, Andrea Bocelli, who is also blind (like Stevie Wonder). Music fills his home and he collaborates with many other musicians as well.
Some of his solo songs:
– Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai) – Torino 2006 Closing Ceremony
– Nessun Dorma, an aria from the opera Turandot by Puccini – EURO 2020 opening ceremony
– Con te partirò – live From Piazza Dei Cavalieri, Italy in 1997
– The Music of the Night, from Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s The Phantom of the Opera
– Caruso – live From Piazza Dei Cavalieri, Italy in 1997
– Music For Hope – Live From Duomo di Milano, compilation of songs to bring Italian hope on Easter Sunday amidst the covid pandemic
Some of his famous collaborations:
– Perfect Symphony – with Ed Sheeran
– If Only – with Dua Lipa (watch this version about his life)
– E Più Ti Penso (The More I Think of You) – with Ariana Grande
– The Prayer – with Céline Dion
– Time to Say Goodbye – with Sarah Brightman
– Notte ‘e piscatore – with another famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti
– The Circle of Life – with Elton John
– Somos Novios (It’s Impossible) – with Christina Aguilera
– I Still Can See Your Face – with Barbra Streisand
– Vivo Per Lei (I Live for Her) – with Judy Weiss
– We Will Meet Once Again – with my favourite singer Josh Groban!
– Remembering (苏州河) – with Na Ying, from 2020 film The Eight Hundred (based on The Battle of Shanghai in WWII) (*parent discretion advised – violence/war*)
Singing with his family:
– Return to Love – a Christmas surprise for his wife, Veronica Berti
– Love Me Tender – with his oldest son, Amos Bocelli, on piano
– Ven a Mi (Fall On Me), from Disney’s The Nutcracker and The Four Realms – with his younger son, Matteo Bocelli
– Perfect Symphony – cover with Matteo Bocelli
– Hallelujah (live at Teatro Regio di Parma) – with his daughter, Virginia Bocelli
– Ave Maria – with Virginia Bocelli
– Ich Liebe Dich – with Virginia Bocelli
– Sogno (Dreams), Statue of Liberty Concert July 5, 2000 – dedicated to his father, Alessandro Bocelli, who passed away a few months prior on April 30, 2000