[ad_1]
Andrea Bocelli, one of the most famous tenors in the world, has sung at the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, without an audience, in an effort to bring people together during the global closure of the coronavirus.
Speaking before the “Music for hope” At the Easter Sunday event, the Italian opera star said it was not a concert in the normal sense, but a prayer.
He added: “The Duomo will be completely empty. This, by itself, already makes the situation abnormal.”
The singer says his ‘Music for Hope’ event was a prayer, not a concert
“But in this case, and I repeat, since this will not be a concert and it will not be a performance, it will be a prayer and, consequently, it will not be important who is physically present but who wants to be with me spiritually at that moment.”
He said he had been asked by Lady Gaga to join other musicians performing live events to try to inspire a sense of hope.
“She called me and I couldn’t stop answering ‘here I am, count on me,'” he said.
Bocelli was accompanied only by the cathedral organist Emanuele Vianelli, playing one of the largest pipe organs in the world.
and making a repertoire of sacred works, including the Sancta Maria by Pietro Mascagni
The concert, organized at the invitation of the Mayor of Milan and the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, the body that deals with the development and conservation of the cathedral, was broadcast on Bocelli’s YouTube channel.
Bocelli sang alone in the Duomo cathedral, Milan
Bocelli has admitted that, like everyone else, he is worried and unsure about the future amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Its country of origin, Italy, has been one of the most affected nations in Europe, with almost 20,000 people dying with COVID-19.
But on Sunday, it recorded the fewest number of new cases in three weeks, and authorities said 431 people died in the last day, totaling 19,899.
Bocelli, whose personal foundation helps people struggling with poverty and illiteracy, added: “I am not so concerned with the present and I am not so concerned with the virus itself, but with what will happen next.”
Italy had already faced many economic difficulties before the outbreak in February.
He said, “So getting this country back on its feet will be a big problem.
“And we will have many people in difficulties. I hope I am wrong, but I am afraid it will be.”
“Certainly we will all have to contribute, each to his best ability, and we will need some wise and enlightened people to guide us, because if we do not, it will be very difficult.”
[ad_2]