Bocelli Career Timeline
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Jan. 19 - Prior to the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, performed In
Canto at the "Celebration of Freedom" event at the Ellipse
and gave a private performance for President Bush and the First Lady at
the Chairman's Luncheon
Jan. - Records Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven along with other singers to benefit tsunami victims in Southeast Asia |
January - Werther opera - Bologna, Italy Asia concert tour: May 16 - We Are the Future concert event organized by Quincy Jones in Rome. Sings "Aranjuez con tu amor" and "The Prayer" in duet with Karina Paisain June - Release of third full length opera CD, Il Trovatore July - Tosca opera - Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago, Italy September - Concerts in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Australia and in Christchurch, New Zealand October - Concerts in Bejing and Shanghai, China November - Release of new pop CD, Andrea November - Concerts in Great Britain ... Belfast and London Nov. 12 - Andrea Bocelli Tribute on Ice, Bridgeport, CT - Filmed for television broadcast on Dec. 18 U.S. concert appearances: U.S. television appearances:
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Jan. 13 - American Music Awards - won the Best of World Music poll
Feb. 1 - Sings the role of Lt. Pinkerton in a concert performance of Madama Butterfly at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo May - Release of second full length opera CD, Tosca May 22 - Classical BRIT awards in London. Album of the Year Award and Best Selling CD of the Year for Sentimento. Performed "En Aranjuez con tu amor" and "Au fond du temple saint" from Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" with Bryn Terfel. May 24 - Concert in Siena to benefit the Arpa Foundation May 27 - Pavarotti and Friends 10 in Modena, Italy June 2 - Athens Festival, Athens Greece June 4 - Concert in Cyprus August 11 - Bocelli Day in Jesolo, Italy Concert tour:
December 13 - Sings Ave Maria at the wedding of Luciano Pavarotti & Nicoletta Mantovani U.S. Television
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March 6 - World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. Won World's Best Selling Classical Artist and Best Selling Italian Artist. L'Abitudine March - Separation from Enrica May 23 - Classical BRIT Awards in London. Outstanding Contribution to Music Award. Melodramma and E Mi Manchi Tu. May 27 - Sings for U.S. President George W. Bush and Italian President Berlusconi May 28 - Pavarotti and Friends 9 in Modena, Italy - Miserere with Pav & Zucchero; Mille Lune, Mille Onde; My Way & Italian medley in duet with Pav. June - Summer Tour of the US. Chicago, St. Paul, New York, Washington DC, Boston June 22 - Concert in Aarhus, Denmark July 26 & August 3 - Performs the role of Lt. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Italy August - Homecoming video on PBS TV Fall tour of Europe - concerts in Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, UK, Germany & France Nov/Dec - Fall tour of US. Concerts in Mohegan Sun Casino, East Rutherford, Buffalo, Auburn Hills, Miami, Atlanta & Philadelphia. November 5 - US release of new CD, Sentimento; Nov. 4 worldwide U.S. Television
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January - Opera - L'Amico Fritz in the Teatro Filarmonico Arena di Verona - Italy Verdi's Requiem in Munich for the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death March - Spring Tour of US. Ft. Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Columbus, East Rutherford, Boston, Hartford, Toronto Release of Verdi Requiem (March) Concert for reopening of Leaning Tower of Pisa (June) Concerts in London and Dublin (July) Release of Cieli di Toscana (October) October 28 - At the request of Mayor Giuliani, sings Ave Maria at the World Trade Center Memorial Service Fall tour of US - San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Phoenix, Denver U.S. Television
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Television Appearances: Grammy Nominations for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (Sogno) and Best Pop Collaboration - The Prayer with Celine Dion (awarded for a collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together) Spring Tour of US - Miami, Tampa, Nashville, Atlanta, Worcester, Atlantic City, Dallas, Houston Accepted Honorary Presidency of the Boccherini Institute (music) in Lucca in March, and later accepted the Honorary Presidency of ARPA , a medical research foundation. May 1 - Performs before the Pope at the Great Jubilee for Workers one day after the death of his father, Alessandro. He sang Ave Maria, Panis Angelicus, Cujus Animam, Ombra Ma Fu May - Paris Millennium Celebration May - Tour in Japan and South Korea July - Music without Frontiers concert, Rotterdam July 6 – Statue of Liberty Concert ”World of Bocelli” BBC’s one hour interview show with AB September – Australian Concert Tour and participation in Olympic torch relay Release of Verdi (Sept)Release of first full length opera recording - La Boheme (Nov) December, he is entered in the Guinness Book of Records: Sacred Arias, Verdi and Aria the Opera Album are all in the top ten Classical Albums and he is the No. 1 Classical Artist, No. 2 World Music Artist, and Sogno is the No. 2 World Music Album. |
U.S. Television Appearances: June 27 - AB appeared as guest on a Michael Jackson benefit for children, 4 hr telethon in Germany. Sang duet ‘O Mare Et Tu’ with Dulce Pontes and he played guitar during that, and solo’d accompanying himself on piano doing Canto Della Terra with chorus. January - Won Golden Globe award with Celine Dion for Best Song, “The Prayer”. Grammy Nomination for Best New Artist (awarded to a new artist who releases, during the eligibility year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist) Release of Sogno (Mar) May - Sings for U.S. President Bill Clinton in Los Angeles Spring Tour of US - Phoenix, San Diego, Oakland,
Seattle, Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) July & August – Opera – La Vedova Allegra (The Merry Widow) in the Arena di Verona, Italy October & November – American opera debut –
Werther at the Michigan Opera Theater November - Performs for H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Benefit. Sings Canto Della Terra. Autobiography released - La Musica Del Silenzio (Oct) Pope's Christmas Eve Mass New Year’s Eve in Long Island |
U.S. Television Appearances: February – Opera – La Boheme in Cagliari, Sardinia Release of Aria, The Opera Album (Mar) April - American debut concert – Washington, DC April - Bob Scully Show from Lincoln Center, (20 mins) interview. World Music Awards from Monaco. Won Best World male singer and Best Italian singer. July-December Concerts throughout North America – Pittsburgh, Hartford, Philadelphia, Chicago, Ottawa, Montreal, New York, E. Rutherford, Ft. Lauderdale, Long Island, Washington, DC New Year’s in Las Vegas
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Summer concerts throughout Germany September – A Night in Tuscany concert Release of Romanza October - Son Matteo born. The family moves from the Lajatico farm to Forte Dei Marmi. October 19 - Vatican. F.A.O. Concert Gala. (Telethon Benefit to feed hungry children in the world)
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November - Sings "Time to Say Goodbye" with Sarah Brightman on the occasion of boxer Henri Maske's final bout | February
- Son Amos born.
November - Night of the Proms concerts in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany Release of second album - Bocelli Release of Viaggio Italiano |
Wins San Remo Music Festival with "Il Mare Calmo Della Sera" September - Performs with Pavarotti on Pavarotti and friends 2 in Modena. Sang "Mattinata" solo and in duet with Pav, "Notte e Piscatore" September – First performance in an opera – Macbeth in Pisa Release of first album - Il Mare Calmo Della Sera December - Sings for Pope in Rome for the first time. “Adeste Fideles”
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Tours with Zucchero to sing Miserere
September - Signs recording contract with Sugar Records after Caterina Caselli hears him sing during a birthday party for Zucchero. November - Wins San Remo in the ‘Giovani’ (new acts) category with “Miserere” December - Has concert in Reggio Emilia at Teatro Romolo Valli.
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Demo of Miserere with Zucchero
June - Marriage to Enrica Master class with Franco Corelli |
1970
- With deteriorating vision due to congenital glaucoma, loses his
remaining vision due to a blow to the head while goal tending in a soccer
game.
1985 - Law degree from University of Pisa Mid
80's - Early 90's
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September 22 - Andrea Bocelli is born in Lajatico, Italy, a farming community in Tuscany Luciano Pavarotti is selling insurance and studying voice in Modena, Italy Franco Corelli is performing in operas with the likes of Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, and Maria Callas |
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2005 |
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2001 |
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1999 |
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1997 |
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1992 |
Early Years |
1958 |