Andrea Bocelli is an Italian opera singer, one of the most popular and memorable voices of the 20th century, performing both on the opera and on the stage. Fans, including many famous singers and musicians, consider his voice to be the most beautiful in the world.
Biography
The future famous tenor was born into a wealthy family of winegrowers on September 22, 1958. The parents had a small farm in the Tuscan village of Lajatico, and the gifted child grew up on the picturesque hills under the endless skies of rural Italy, far from the major cities.
From birth he was diagnosed with glaucoma, he saw practically nothing and his vision was rapidly deteriorating. Numerous operations did not save the case, and at the age of 12, Andrea finally went blind. But he still had music - from an early age he gravitated towards melodies and learned to play the flute, piano and saxophone and sang for loved ones, soloed in the school choir.
At first, Bocelli did not associate his plans for the future with music and even more so with singing. He dreamed of devoting his life to music, and rationally reasoning that a lawyer in the family would be needed more than a singer, of which there are many, after school he went to Pisa to receive a law degree. And then he moved to Turin and there he met the great tenor Franco Gorelli, who became the first mentor for the future bright star of the opera scene.
Career
It all started for Andrea in 1992, when rock star Adelmo Fornacchiari selected young applicants to record his new song "Miserere". Bocelli successfully passed the competition and sang a song in a duet with the famous lyric tenor Luciano Pavarotti. After that, in 1993, Andrea went on a world tour with Fornachiari, and people started talking about him.
Soon Pavarotti personally invited Bocelli to take part in his opera projects. On Christmas Eve 1994, the young tenor was invited to perform in front of the Pope himself, and in 1995 he toured Europe, where he sang with pop and opera stars, and performed at charity events.
In the same year, the first album, simply called "Bocelli", was released, which instantly becomes popular all over the world and is then reprinted hundreds of times. His work, as the founder of the Human Center put it, when presenting the Art, Science and Peace award to Bocelli, uplifts the soul and brings people together beyond borders of nationality and convictions. In 2012, the singer's autobiographical novel Music of Silence was released. In the book, Andrea sincerely talks about her unusual fate and the price he paid for his amazing gift - a magnificent voice.
Personal life
Andrea found his first love Enrica Censatti in 1987. The couple married in the Catholic Church in 1992 and Bocelli's wife gave birth to two sons. Unfortunately, due to the constant traveling of her husband in 2002, the marriage broke up at the initiative of Enrika. The tenor's second wife is his impresario Veronica Berti, who gave birth to his daughter.
