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only sees well with the heart, the essential is
invisible to the eyes." Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry
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- 1958
- 1991 1992
- 1994
1995 - 1997
1998
1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 - 2018 2019 -2021
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- 2009
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- In March,
Andrea would have been the protagonist in serveral
performances of Gounod's
- Unfortunately
the theater employees went on strike.
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- In early spring
the tour
leads Andrea from Abu
Dhabi to Russia, and
from Ireland to South
America, where at one concert in Sao Paolo he sings in
front of more than 110,000 people!
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- In April 2009, Andrea is decorated
by the Government of the Dominican Republic in recognition of his
contributions to art and culture internationally.
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- In May,
finally Andrea Bocelli appears in Germany again - at the
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- At the Colosseo
in Rome the
same month, Andrea gives a memorable concert for the victims
of the
- earthquake in the Abruzzo region.
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- Again
in May Andrea sings before the
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front of 90 000 spectators at the stadium and
- millions
in front to the televisions worldwide
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- More
concerts follow...
- First
in June, a highly successful
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- ...and
then in July, a spectacular
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Venice...
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- ...and
finally the fourth wonderful
- Maestro
Placido Domingo
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- In July at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival,
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Andrea receives the
Ischia Social Music Award
- for his solidarity and social
commitment during his career.
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- In August Andrea participates at the
"Concerto
per Viareggio" in solidarity with the victims of the
catastrophic explosion in June.
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- At
the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles he then records a
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will be broadcast during Christmas time by US channel
PBS
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many other channels worldwide.
- Special musical
guests Natalie
Cole,
Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Welsh
mezzo-soprano Katherine
Jenkins,
The Muppets and the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir. Among the featured
songs highlighted will be “White Christmas,” “Oh
Holy Night,” “Santa Claus
is Coming to Town,” “Jingle Bells,” “Silent
Night,” “The Christmas Song,”"What Child
is This" and many more
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- In
autumn more
concerts follow in Poland, Latvia and England
and also the participation at the season's opening concert
of Verona's Teatro
Filarmonico (Messa di Gloria, Puccini)
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- At
the Qurinale in Rome on November 9, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano grants
the PREMIO VITTORIO DE SICA 2009 to the representatives of
Italian culture: for his music, to Andrea Bocelli.
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- Again in Rome on November
12, Andrea is guest of honor at the Italian Senate, where the Chamber remembers the
visit of Pope John Paul II 7 years ago by presenting the documentary “Credo”
with arias and religious songs of Andrea Bocelli.
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- On
November 21, Andrea is among the few hundred artists of the
world, who are invited by Santo Padre Benedict XIV to the
Cappella Sistina at the Vatican
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- DISNEY'S
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, based on the classic Dickens tale, is
re-envisioned by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis
in a 3D motion picture event. Andrea Bocelli
contributes the final carol of the movie:
- "God bless us
everyone" (also on the new
Christmas album: My Christmas),
he also leads a world record breaking Christmas Carol sing-along
joined by
- St Paul's
Cathedral Choir in London's Leicester Square to open proceedings for
the World Premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'.
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- Andrea tops
this year's success with a Christmas
Tour in North America
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December.
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- Also in
December, once
again,
- Andrea takes the time to support his tenor collegue
José Carreras at his annual Gala in support of research
against leukemia on German TV.
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- During
the whole year Andrea appeared in many TV shows world-wide,
among them the famous Oprah and Leno shows on US TV and the
Italian "Che tempo che fa". The most
important ones are listed here including links to online
clips.
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Andrea's
last concert this year takes place in the wonderful
in
Assisi and is broadcast by Italian tv on Christmas Day.
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- Andrea
Bocelli's new CD My
Christmas, released in November, sells
more than four million copies within the
last two months of the year and remains 8
weeks at No 2 on the prestigious US Billboard
charts. My Christmas is the fifth best-selling album of the year in the US and the
third best-selling album of the world, which
is a record for an Italian singer, it remains
several weeks at No 1 in the Italian charts
and the Billboard Holiday charts. With these
records, Andrea Bocelli can look back on
another highly successful year and has made
firm even more his position of being the
most successful tenor in the world.
Up
to now Andrea has sold more than 65 million CDs
worldwide
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This
chronicle was compiled by Bocelli.de. Assurances for the
complete accuracy of some of the details cannot
be given.
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Any text
or photo may not be used in any media or on any site, or be
distributed in any way without express
permission from the author or photographer.
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