[63], On 23 May 2008, he sang The Prayer with Katharine McPhee in a Las Vegas tribute concert for Canadian producer and songwriter David Foster. Le ténor italien Andrea Bocelli, lors d'une répétition en vue de son concert sur la Piazza del Duomo, déserte, du centre-ville de Milan, en Italie, le 12 avril 2020. It's crazy to think Andrea Bocelli, one of the world's finest award-winning Italian tenors, has never seen what his audiences look like. 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 also took part in the Royal Christmas Show, which took place in several cities in the US in December. [109][110], On 9 July, Bocelli headlined the "Celebrate Africa: The Grand Finale" Concert at the Coca-Cola Dome, in Johannesburg, South Africa, to mark the end of the World Cup, two days before the final. In June, he continued his Sentimento tour in Athens and Cyprus. [81][82] He returned to the United Kingdom, 16 December, for an appearance on The One Show, broadcast live by BBC One, and on The Alan Titchmarsh Show which aired 18 December, on ITV1. On 31 January 2010, during the 52nd Grammy Awards, Bocelli, Mary J. Blige and David Foster joined forces again, singing "Bridge over Troubled Water" as a tribute to the victims of that year's earthquake in Haiti. [64][65], On 2 June 2008, he performed at the Piazza del Duomo, Milan in front of 80,000 people during a concert celebrating the anniversary of the Republic of Italy's formation. [42], In October 2013 Bocelli bought a second home in North Miami Beach. Rai Uno also broadcast the performance later that day, during the Zecchino d'Oro Festival. [7] My Christmas was the best-selling holiday album of 2009[8][9][10] and one of the best-selling holiday albums in the United States. "[164], In describing Bocelli's singing, The New York Times music critic Bernard Holland noted, "the tone is rasping, thin and, in general, poorly supported. 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. They met in 2002. The album also included the hymn of the Holy Year 2000 which was chosen as the official version by the Vatican in October. In North America, Bocelli gave 6 concerts. 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On 19 March, the Requiem album was released with Bocelli as tenor. [158] Bocelli married Veronica Berti on 21 March 2014 at the Sanctuary of Montenero in the coastal town of Livorno, Italy. In December, Bocelli entered the preliminary round of the Sanremo Music Festival in the category of Giovani, performing "Miserere". Their first child, son Amos, was born 22 February 1995. [78], On 21 and 22 November Bocelli was amongst a quartet of soloists (soprano Sabina Cvilak, mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich and bass Alexander Vinogradov) to sing Rossini's Petite messe solennelle, conducted by Plácido Domingo, at the Washington National Opera in Washington, D.C.[79] Bocelli sang twice in the piece and later the two tenors sang "The Pearl Fishers' Duet" which would be the first aria they had ever sung together.