Andrea Bocelli is a world-famous tenor who’s just as happy performing Verdi as Ed Sheeran. Here are the songs that we think are his finest.
Andrea Bocelli is one of today’s greatest classical stars. He’s sold millions of records and sells out concert halls and arenas around the world.
Here are just some of his wonderful songs.
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Time to Say Goodbye / Con te partirò
This beautiful song was originally written in Italian for Bocelli, who first sang it at the 1995 Sanremo Festival. A year later, an Italian-English version was released as a duet with soprano Sarah Brightman, which gained the duo enormous success.
Perfect Symphony – with Ed Sheeran
In December 2017, Bocelli collaborated with Ed Sheeran on ‘Perfect Symphony’, in which the pair sang together in English and Italian. The music video was the No. 1 Trending video on YouTube that day.
Bocelli called the collaboration a “beautiful experience”, saying: “My sons especially love Ed Sheeran very much. When he came to my house, all my family were very happy.”
Because We Believe
‘Because We Believe’ is a Bocelli original, composed for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The beautiful operatic pop song was co-written by the tenor, with multiple Grammy Award winner David Foster and his daughter Amy Foster.
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