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November 21, 2006
Pisa, Italy - Teatro
Verdi
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- Lori
and I got to Pisa at about 3.30 pm and checked in our hotel, then
went to the box office to collect our tickets., which I had phoned
for the day before. We managed to get row 13, not bad as the
theatre is only small, I was told it seats about 900, floor
seats and 5 levels of boxes. There were posters outside the
theatre advertising the concert, with the photo of Andrea
and Fiorenza, in the Tosca roles. It was organised by the Rotary
Club of Pisa. The concert was due to start at 9 so
we went and had a bit of a look round. It was pouring with rain,
so it was a quick look, then back to the hotel and get ready..
We got to the theatre about 8.45 and we were given
a little programme with the same photo on the front, no indication
what was going to be sung, other than it said it was a
"Concerto Lirico" and it had the names of other singers
listed inside, which turned out to be 1 soprano, 1 tenor and 2
baritones.
The backdrop of the stage was beautiful, and there was just
a grand piano on it. We saw Carlo come out and adjust some papers
on it. The lights went down about 9.15 and Pippo Baudo came out
and chatted a little, all in Italian of course ! then in came
the choir, who sung Va Pensiero. The choir remained and then Pippo
said a few more words and then Fiorenza came out, with Andrea on
her arm - to thunderous applause ! Carlo was at the piano and
played while Andrea and Fiorenza sang a duet from Tosca. On
checking, it is number 5 of CD1 of "Tosca". This was
about 12 minutes long. Then we were treated to
"Brindisi" during which Fiorenza had a little dance with
Andrea. It was really nice, no microphones of course and
Andrea was having a really enjoyable time of it, judging by his
broad smiles, chatter with Fiorenza and relaxed attitude. He was
presented with something in a box, some kind of award perhaps, no
idea what it was. Fiorenza got one too and something else.
- Andrea
went off with a big wave and he did not come back. Fiorenza did
and sang a couple more arias. After the interval the other singers
each performed 2 arias. We were hoping Andrea might have come back
and showed them how to do it but alas, no such luck !
- Andrea's
mother was there too, in the front row, looking very
glamorous. She stayed until the end and went off into town with
a few people. The evening finished about 11.20.
- Yesterday
was a beautiful sunny day, so we did the touristy things, as we
only had the 2 days there and this morning we flew home and Lori
won a raffle prize of a free return flight with Ryanair ! Talk
about luck.......
- We
had booked the flight to Pisa and accomodation back in
August, as Lori had never been and we thought these dates sounded
good, being a week after the Rotterdam and Antwerp concerts, we
could just fit them in with Ryanair's schedule and at one penny
each too.....
- I
have attached a photo of the programme.
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November 19, 2006
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Helsinki Finland, Hartwall Arena
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- Andrea
gab ein Konzert am Wochenende in Helsinki
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Sonntag den 19.11. war der lange erwartete Tag endlich da. Schon
tagelang hatten wir einen grauen und regnerischen Novemberwetter
gehabt. Am Sonntagmorgen war alles jedoch ganz anders. Die Sonne
schien wie im April. Mehr kann man hier nicht eigentlich in dieser
Jahreszeit wünschen. Die Stimmung war also hoch von Morgen an.
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Abend war ich in der Konzerthalle schon rechzeitig, als die Türe geöffnet
wurden. Ich war gespannt und gleichzeitig berührt, ich hatte ja
diesen Abend so lange gewartet. Ich habe meinen Platz gesucht und
dann habe ich in aller Ruhe gewartet und nur zugesehen, wie es allmählich
immer mehr und mehr Läute kam. Bald war Areena sich mit Gästen gefüllt.
Gegen 20 Uhr hat das Orchester zum Anfang Danza Slava n. 2 gespielt.
Dann hat Maestro Rota Andrea auf die Konzertbühne geführt. Eine
kurze Weile war es ganz still in der Konzerthalle, dann wurde es
applaudiert. In Schwarz gekleidet hat Andrea zuerst allein und später
mit Doriana Milazzo und Gianfranco Montresor verschiedene Arien,
u.a. Au fond du temple saint, Aria di Vilja, O Soave Fanciulla,
Terzetto gesungen. Das Konzertrepertoire war ein wenig geändert
worden, und z.B. E lucevan le stelle haben wir leider nicht gehört,
sonst war alles perfekt.
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dem Zwischenakt trug Andrea eine weiße Jacke. „As you see, I
changed my jacket“..., hat er uns lächelnd gesagt. „It´s for
you“, mein letztes Album ´Amore´ hat sich ja so gut verkauft,
hat er weitergemacht. Dann hat er festgestellt, daß dieses Konzert
das letzte in Europa in diesem Jahr sei, und daß er es traurig
findet, obwohl er auch müde ist. Zuletzt hat er uns noch dafür
gedankt, daß wir da waren.
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diesen freundlichen Wörtern hat er dann u.a. Granada, Mamma, und
Funiculi funiculà gesungen. Dann waren die Lieder von seinem neuen
Album ´Amore´ an der Reihe. Die Stimmung in Hartwall-Areena war
wirklich hoch
geworden. Er hat Besame Mucho, Somos Novios und zuletzt
Because We Belive gesungen. Gleichen Applaus habe ich noch
nie gehört. Viermal Encore, und jedesmal hat er ein neues Lied
gesungen, zuletzt noch It´s Time to say goodbye. Was mehr könnte
man noch wünschen? Alle sind still gestanden und zugehört. Das war
unvergesslich, wie auch der ganze Abend. Ich bin dankbar, daß ich
die Möglichkeit hatte, diesmal da zu sein, und ich weiß, daß ich
nicht die einzige war, die Tränen in Augen nach Hause ging. Ich
hoffe von ganzem Herzen, daß Andrea auch nächstes Jahr ein Konzert
in Helsinki geben wird.
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Pirjo
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- October
14, 2006
- Gothenburg
Sweden, Scandinavium
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- I
was there!!!!! Of course I was there, I loooove Andrea Bocelli and
the music he stands for. And of course I made some of my Amice
friends from
USA
to come over The Pond too join me. Surprise, surprise, it wasn’t
difficult at all!
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- We
combined their concert visit to Gothenburg with a visit to me in my
home town
Stockholm
. I am happy to show visitors around anytime and we also had some
nice days running the streets up and down before we took the train
to Gothenburg. Gothenburg is the second biggest town in
Sweden
and situated on the south west coast.
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- One
more Amice (this is what we call each other within the groupJ
) from
Chicago
with a very special bear, Mr. Bearcelli joined us in Gothenburg. Now
we were a group of four. Hotel Opera was the suitably name of the
hotel we choose to stay in. Yippee for the weather Gods!!!
Gothenburg was sunny and had no-wind the weekend we stayed.
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no-one of us were costume to Gothenburg we took a trial trip with
the tram already in the Friday afternoon
to convince us that we would find Scandinavium in time for
the concert on Saturday eveningJ.
After this trail tram trip we could relax and see a little of
Gothenburg.
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the concert we had our seats in row three. No problem hearing and
viewing what went on the stage. It’s such a treat to be so close
to the stage. Andrea was, as always, drop- dead- handsome and the
Prague Chamber Choir, Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Maestro
Rota did a wonderful musical framing for our OFT. The program was
followed...I think…if there was any alternations it never
irritates me anyway..As long as Andrea sings he can sing what ever
his heart tells him to!
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- Soprano
Daniela Bruera was in very good voice and had a dress inspired by
Marie Antoinette. In the group we had different opinions about the
dress, but must say it was very up to date and Daniela could wear it
so well. Baritone Gianfranco Montresor sang the
“Au fond du temple saint” from the
Pearl
fisher with Andrea. They did it fantastic! The special pop star that
sang in the second part of the concert with songs from Amore was
Rosalie Misseri.
- Encores
were Can’t help falling in love, the prayer and Time to say
goodbye.
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A concert with Andrea Bocelli ALWAYS ends too fast….What can one
do except start saving up for the next?
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- Our
group of Amice had the fortune to get tickets for the Bingo Lotto TV
show the evening after too. Earlier, when I called for tickets I was
told they were finished. I said: “Ohhhh…I got friends from
USA
especially in
Sweden
for Andrea Bocelli..hmm…hmmm... It was silent in the phone for a
second…THEN ..Oh, I will see what I can do. She left the phone….came
back and she said “You can come!!!”. Ohhh Thank you so much!
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event made my American Friends very happy. To get to know the
Swedish pop star Carola ..and to see her sing with OFT was an extra
treat that they got very excited over. The CD with Andrea and Carola
singing Because we believe is published in
Sweden
, but can also be listen too and seen at You Tube and the Home
Site of Bingo Lotto.
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- by
Britt-Mari “zevede” in
Stockholm
and her three Amice Colette, Jane and
Doris
from over the Pond.
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