2011-06-25

Stunning Andrea Bocelli


Pop singer world Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli, appeared so charming about three thousand spectators in his world concert which took place in the Grand Ballroom of the Ritz Carlton Pacific Place Jakarta, Sunday (05/15/2011) night.

Through concert themed 'Andrea Bocelli: Live in Concert', the audience was treated to the strains of music accompanied by tenor merdunya Magenta orchestra, with amplified choir (choir) and three vocalists duet with Bocelli.

Accompanied Choir 'Impromptu Singers', Bocelli, who was performing simple by wearing a white shirt wrapped in a black coat. He opened the concert by singing the song "Intanto Amici Qua", which comes from the sentence Intanto Amici, Quq, Beviamone Un Bicchiere - an Italian, when translated in English means In the Meantime, Friends, Let's Have a Drink (At Leisure , Friends, Let's Drink).

Previously, Magenta Orchestra with conductor Marcello Rota along with voice guidance personnel presenting the opening song "Va Pensiero". In a concert that lasted nearly two hours, Bocelli satisfy his fans by singing about 14 songs from a total of 20 titles sung gradually through two innings. In addition to performing with the choir and orchestra, tenor vocalist born 22 September 1958 was also accompanied by three beautiful vocalist, one of which is Dira Sugandi, beautifully voiced singer of Indonesian nationality.

Appeared full of energy and tremendous charm, born vocalist Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy was able to echo the ballroom room with adorable tenor voice. In four appearances Bocelli sing solo song, two songs sung in the first round was "Amor ti Vieta" and "Meco All'Atar in Venere". While two in the final round is "O Surdato 'Nnammurato" and "Marechiare".

In addition to performing solo, Bocelli is also a surprise duet with jazz singer from Indonesia, Dira Sugandi, which that night was named as a special guest from Indonesia. Not only with Dira, also a duet with Bocelli Elena Rossi, an Italian soprano who became her duet partner that night.


In the first half, although the solo had fun with the song "O Mio Babbino Caro", Rossi duet with Bocelli in the last two songs titled "Viene la Sera" and "Brindisi". Meanwhile, in the second half, where the atmosphere is more lively with choir involvement, Rossi and Bocelli together entertaining audiences with their duet on the song "O Sole Mio" and "Funiculi Funicula". Rossi was in the second half of this solo to the accompaniment of chanting choir in the song "Vilja Lied".

Finally, the arrival of special guest also Bocelli, Hayley Westenra, soprano female New Zealand nationality. Hayley and Bocelly duet sang one song, "Canto della Terra", which became the cover display concerts. Previously, Hayley also performed solo, once, when singing "Amazing Graze" John Newton's creation.

After the appearance, Bocelli with the whole musician who attended a long standing ovation from the audience. Even with a simple stage, as planned by the promoters, Java Festival Production, Bocelli debut in Jakarta in the evening gave the impression of dazzling.

For your information, Bocelli got them a place in the book to the Guinness Book of World Records for his achievements seriously occupied the first position, second, and third in the list of classical music albums in the United States. Bocelli is blind singer, but she has other advantages not possessed of ordinary people.

Bocelli, musicians who had financed his studies by working as a bar pianist, had a chance to occupy the fifth best-selling holiday album that reached more than four million copies worldwide in 2009.

Now, total album sales worldwide has reached about 70 million copies. Bocelli's career is also increasingly glossy when in 2010, he got a 'Hollywood's Walk of Fame' dedicated as Our Tuscan Tenor.

His name is internationally renowned in the music world since the duet with soprano Sarah Brightman on the song "Time to Say Goodbye" which exploded in the market. The song is the result of arrangement of his 1996 song titled Con te Partiro. Bocelli himself in 1998 also had a duet with Celine Dion in collaboration song "The Prayer".




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