![]() ![]() His voice was alternately supremely powerful and light enough to float on air. ![]() During his performance of Dorma, and the following performance of La Donna e Mobile, I was entranced. It's unusual to see a performance begun with Nessun Dorma, which is usually reserved for the finale, but it certainly served as terrific means of locking my attention to him and the music from the moment the show began. Watching "A Night in Tuscany" had a profound effect on me from the very moment the performance began. When you want to relax with beautiful music and great concert, you cannot beat this DVD.Įarly in Bocelli's career I wasn't terribly impressed with him, I don't know if it's because his vocal prowess has grown over the years, or if I were simply guilty of not paying it the requisite attention. Caruso, Pavaratti and others may be more famous and technically superior but this guy is the easiest on the ears. The scenery in that video is really nice, too. One of the videos is also a duet, with Bocelli and Marta Sanchez, a pretty woman with a nice voice. Also joining the famous Italian tenor with a few duets are Nuccia Focile (a little too soprano-ish for me) and Zucchero, who reminded me (with a better voice) of Joe Cocker. Bocelli has three guests during the concert: one of which has become quite famous in her own right since this appearance: Sarah Brightman. As a novice to this music genre like me becomes more familiar with these beautiful songs, the better they sound and quickly become favorites. That also includes a couple of videos interspersed during the concert and a portrait of Andrea's town and of his immediate family. It's very appealing, and the more I watch this the more impressed I am with the camera-work. The concert setting, in a town square in Tuscany, is reminiscent of Yanni's Acropolis concert, with multi-colored lights used on the background buildings. Bocelli has the most pleasing-best voice I have ever heard and even though I don't understand Italian, just listening to him is pure pleasure. Not being a fan of "opera," the fact I rated this a "10" the first time I saw it and it remains such, is a tribute to how good a singer this man is, and how beautifully filmed is this concert. I have seen several others since and none compares. This was the first, and probably still the best, of the Andrea Bocelli concerts on DVD. ![]()
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